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Author:
Cartron, Jean-Luc E. author.
Title:
So close to freedom : a World War II story of peril and betrayal in the Pyrenees / Jean-Luc E. Cartron ; foreword by Roger Stanton.
Publisher:
Potomac Booksan imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xxviii, 209 pages, 16 pages of plates ; 24 cm
Subject:
World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
Escapes--Pyrenees.
Escapes.
Pyrenees.
1939-1945
Other Authors:
Stanton, Roger, writer of foreword.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A Perilous Hide-and-Seek -- For King and Country -- The Route Past Luchon -- On the Run -- Too Many -- April Attempt -- Hero or Villain? -- Aftermath of a Betrayal -- Maddy De Deken -- The Woodcutter -- Escapes and Hardships -- The Road Blockade -- Separate Fates.
Summary:
"Drawing on government and private World War II archives, Cartron gives the first detailed account of the only failed mission of the smuggler Charbonnier--when 29 Allied soldiers in a group of 35 were captured on their way to freedom over the French Pyrenees."--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1640121021
9781640121027
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1050143387
LCCN:
2018040943
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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