Saturday at M.I.9 : the classic account of the WW2 Allied escape organisation / Airey Neave.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neave, Airey, 1916-1979, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.

World War, 1939-1945.

Great Britain. MI9--Biography.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. MI9--History.

Neave, Airey, 1916-1979.

Neave, Airey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Saturday at M.I.9 is the inside story of the underground escape lines in occupied North-West Europe which brought back to Britain over 4,000 Allied servicemen during World War Two.Airey Neave, who in the last two years of the war was the chief organiser at M.I.9 gives his own unique account. He describes how the escape lines began in the first dark days of German occupation and how, until the end of the war, thousands of ordinary men and women made their own contribution to the Allied victory by hiding and feeding men and guiding them to safety.""There isn't a page in the book which isn't exci

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; PART I AFTER COLDITZ; 1. Background to the Escape Lines; 2. Prisoner of War; 3. Switzerland 1942; 4. Louis Nouveau's flat; 5. The Great Central Hotel; 6. Saturday at M.I.9; PART II THE O'LEARY LINE; 7. The Pioneers; 8. The Return of Whitney Straight; 9. Sea Operations; 10. The Price; PART III THE COMET LINE; 11. Dédée; 12. The Maréchal Affair; 13. A Winter of Disaster; 14. Gibraltar Meeting; PART IV WOMEN AGENTS; 15. Mary Lindell; 16. The Commandos; 17. Trix; PART V BRITTANY; 18. Val Williams; 19. 'Shelburne'; PART VI 'MARATHON'

20. Before the Bombardment21. The 'Sherwood' Plan; 22. The Race to the Forest; PART VII OCCUPIED HOLLAND; 23. After Arnhem; 24. Pegasus I and II; PART VIII AFTERMATH; 25. The Traitors; 26. In Retrospect

Notes:

Originally published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1969.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783838646

1783838647

9781473817968

147381796X