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From Calais to Colditz: A Rifleman's Memoir of Captivity and Escape Philip Pardoe
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From Calais to Colditz: A Rifleman's Memoir of Captivity and Escape
Philip Pardoe
From Calais to Colditz has never been published before but readers will surely agree that the wait has been worthwhile. The author was a young platoon commander when his battalion were ordered by Prime Minister Winston Churchill to defend Calais to the last man and so distract German attention from the evacuation of the BEF at Dunkirk. After an intense four day battle, the survivors were subjected to a gruelling twelve day march towards Germany.
There followed incarceration in a succession of POW camps during which the author succeeded in escaping twice, both over the wire and by tunnelling, remaining at large on one occasion for twelve days. These exploits qualified him for a place in the notorious Colditz Castle, the supposed escape-proof camp. The descriptions of his colourful fellow prisoners, their captors and their extraordinary experiences are as good as any of the previous accounts and in many respects more revealing.
How fortunate it is that From Calais to Colditz can now be read by a wide audience.
| Mediji | Grāmatas Paperback Book (Grāmata ar mīksto vāku un līmēto muguru) |
| Tiks izlaists | 2026. gada 30. oktobris |
| ISBN13 | 9781048100945 |
| Izdevēji | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Lapas | 192 |
| Izmēri | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 387 g (Svars (aptuveni)) |
