Escape from Hitler's Europe : An American Airman behind Enemy Lines /

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November 1943: American flyer George Watt parachutes out of his burning warplane and lands in rural Nazi-occupied Belgium. Escape from Hitler's Europe is the incredible story of his getaway--how brave villagers spirited him to Brussels to connect with the Comet Line, a rescue arm of the Belgian...

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Autor principal: Watt, George, 1913-1994
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2006?]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Watt, George, > 1913-1994.
United States. > Army Air Forces.
United States. > Army Air Forces > Airmen > Biography.
War > Underground movements.
Escapes.
Armed Forces > Airmen.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Military.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Mouvements de resistance > Belgique.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Mouvements de resistance > Europe de l'Ouest.
Évasions > Europe.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
Escapes > Europe.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Europe, Western.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Belgium.
Western Europe.
Europe.
Belgium.
Recits personnels.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives > American.
Personal Narrative
Biography
Autobiography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:November 1943: American flyer George Watt parachutes out of his burning warplane and lands in rural Nazi-occupied Belgium. Escape from Hitler's Europe is the incredible story of his getaway--how brave villagers spirited him to Brussels to connect with the Comet Line, a rescue arm of the Belgian resistance. This was a gravely dangerous mission, especially for a Jewish soldier who had fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Watt recounts dodging the Gestapo, entering Paris via the underground, and finally, crossing the treacherous Pyrenees into Spain. In 1985, he returned to Belgium a.
Notas:Includes index.
Originally published in 1990 under the title The Comet connection.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (192 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780813144122

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