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Autore |
Ottis Sherri Greene <1964-> |
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Titolo |
Silent heroes : downed airmen and the French underground / / Sherri Greene Ottis |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 |
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©2001 |
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ISBN |
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0-8131-8838-5 |
0-8131-4798-0 |
0-8131-7099-0 |
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Edizione |
[Paperback edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service - Great Britain |
World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - France |
World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British |
World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American |
Air pilots, Military - Europe |
Flight crews - Europe |
Escapes - France - History - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Science Fiction or Military Strategy: The Activities of MI9 and MIS-X; 2. It Was Raining Aviators: The Evaders; 3. My Brother's Keeper: The Helpers; 4. Adolph Should Stay: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1940-1941; 5. In the Wake of Betrayal: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1942-1943; 6. Riding the Tail of a Comet: The Comet Line, 1941-1944; 7. Out of the Ashes: The Shelburne Line, 1944; 8. We Will Never Forget: The Aftermath; 9. Conclusion; Epilogue: Fifty-Five Years Later; Appendix A: List of Abbreviations |
Appendix B: Evaders Evacuated through the Burgundy/Shelburne ConnectionNotes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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In the early years of World War II, it was an amazing feat for an Allied |
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airman shot down over occupied Europe to make it back to England. By 1943, however, pilots and crewmembers, supplied with ""escape kits,"" knew they had a 50 percent chance of evading capture and returning home. An estimated 12,000 French civilians helped make this possible. More than 5,000 airmen, many of them American, successfully traveled along escape lines organized much like those of the U.S. Underground Railroad, using secret codes and stopping in safe houses. If caught, they risked internment in a POW camp. But th |
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