Churchill's Great Escapes: Seven Incredible Escapes Made by WWII Heroes

by Damien Lewis

Overview

From Damien Lewis, bestselling author and award-winning historian and war reporter, comes the thrillingly told stories of seven dramatic and epic WWII escapes executed by members of one of the world’s legendary military fighting forces: the British Special Air Service.

No food. No water. Out of ammo. Hunted and on the run. The dreaded certainty of discovery looming between recapture and safe haven. What would you do? Give up? For the seven heroes of Churchill’s Great Escapes the answer was simple: keep moving against all odds.

These are the extraordinary stories of the bravery and endurance of the men of SAS, legendary pioneers of escape and evasion who, through the darkest of days and nights of World War II, endeavored and succeeded in slipping through the clutches of the enemy. Based on in-the-moment personal diaries and notebooks, mission reports, debriefings and letters, Damien Lewis recounts the most terrifying and adrenaline-fueled days and nights in the lives of men for whom survival was the only option. We follow every desperate step, facing unknowable threats and death around every corner, and share in the breathtaking endurance that brought them freedom against the most formidable of threats: the seemingly invincible Nazi war machine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780806542119
Publisher:	Kensington
Publication date:	04/26/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	440,214
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Damien Lewis is an award-winning historian, war reporter, and bestselling author. He spent over two decades reporting from war, disaster, and conflict zones around the world, winning numerous awards. He has written more than a dozen books about WWII, including The Ministry for Ungentlemanly Warfare, The Dog Who Could Fly, SAS Ghost Patrol, and The Nazi Hunters. His work has been published in over forty languages, and many of his books have been made, or are being developed as feature films, TV series, or as plays for the stage.

Table of Contents

Author's Note xi

Preface 1

Great Escape 1 Escape from Colossus 3

Great Escape 2 Mutiny And Marooned At Sea 60

Great Escape 3 From the African Desert to the Frozen North 98

Great Escape 4 Escape or Die 145

Great Escape 5 Unbreakable 180

Great Escape 6 Defeating Hitler's Commando Order 216

Great Escape 7 Across Enemy Lines 259

Acknowledgements 307

Sources 311

Bibliography 319

Index 321