Escape! : Kiwi POWs on the run in World War II /
Escape! : Kiwi POWs on the run in World War II /
edited by Matthew Wright.
- 270 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-261) and index.
Introduction : 'For you, the war is over' / Matthew Wright -- Evading the Germans / Harry Spencer -- Captured at Corinth / Fred Woollams -- Hedgehog for dinner / Fred Stuckey -- Leap of faith / R.H. Thomson -- Two kilos of flour / Peter Winter -- 'The world was full of the sound of bells' / Brigadier James Hargest -- 'You're a brigadier!' / Howard Kippenberger -- 'Ich bin ein polnischer Kriegsgefangener' / Daniel Riddiford -- Long road to freedom / Allan Yeoman -- Desert escaper / Florence Millar -- 'Are you in it for the sport?' / George Clifton -- Cycling to freedom / Gordon Woodroofe -- Are you a spy? / Errol Brathwaite -- The greatest escape of all / James Sanders -- The railway from hell / Ernest Gordon.
1869418115 9781869418113
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, New Zealand
Prisoner-of-war escapes
Escaped prisoners of war
940.54720922
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-261) and index.
Introduction : 'For you, the war is over' / Matthew Wright -- Evading the Germans / Harry Spencer -- Captured at Corinth / Fred Woollams -- Hedgehog for dinner / Fred Stuckey -- Leap of faith / R.H. Thomson -- Two kilos of flour / Peter Winter -- 'The world was full of the sound of bells' / Brigadier James Hargest -- 'You're a brigadier!' / Howard Kippenberger -- 'Ich bin ein polnischer Kriegsgefangener' / Daniel Riddiford -- Long road to freedom / Allan Yeoman -- Desert escaper / Florence Millar -- 'Are you in it for the sport?' / George Clifton -- Cycling to freedom / Gordon Woodroofe -- Are you a spy? / Errol Brathwaite -- The greatest escape of all / James Sanders -- The railway from hell / Ernest Gordon.
1869418115 9781869418113
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, New Zealand
Prisoner-of-war escapes
Escaped prisoners of war
940.54720922