Escaping Hitler

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‘I was on a train, and a German soldier began shouting at me and poking me in the ribs with his machine gun. I just thought that was it, the game was up . . .’Downed airman Bob Frost faced danger at every turn as he was smuggled out of France and over the Pyrenees. Prisoner of war Len Harley went on the run in Italy, surviving months in hiding and then a hazardous climb over the Abruzzo mountains. These are just some of the stories told in heart-stopping detail as Monty Halls takes us along the Freedom Trails out of occupied Europe, from the immense French escape lines to lesser-known routes in Italy and Slovenia. Filled with great feats of endurance and extraordinary heroism, Escaping Hitler brings to life those who ran the escape routes and sheltered the escapees. It follows the plight of the SAS during Operation Galia as, exhausted and pursued by the enemy, they were exfiltrated across the Apennine mountains, and introduces POW Ralph Churches who orchestrated the largest successful Allied escape of the entire war.Mixing new research, interviews with survivors and his own experience of walking the trails, Monty brings the past to life in this dramatic slice of military history.