This book tells the stories of heroic Canadian soldiers who
escaped from behind enemy lines during the wars of the 20th century. Learn
about the Wooden Horse escape and the tragic Great Escape of World War II. The
book includes hair-raising accounts of Canadian soldiers who managed to break
to freedom from prisoner trains and eastern front work camps and those who made
their way back to Allied territory from behind enemy lines. Their courage led
them to find a way to freedom. Here are the stories of these escapees:
- The early efforts of MI9 told through the eyes of Raymond
LaBrosse, a French-Canadian who agreed to be an agent in Occupied France
- The true story behind the Great Escape involved a courageous
group of Canadians at Stalag Luft III
- Imprisoned in the eastern reaches of occupied Europe,
Canadians who escaped had to travel where there was no underground resistance
to help them
- Following Italy’s capitulation, prisoners of war fled
the Germans during the chaos that followed
- Three French Canadians, Conrad LaFleur, Lucien Dumais and
Robert Vanier escaped from the Germans and returned to Occupied France to play
critical roles in the escape lines
- Canadian spies in the Special Executive Operations risked
their lives to escape the relentless Gestapo.
Daring tales of wartime adventure await you in Canadian
Wartime Prison Escapes.
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