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Author Churches, Neil, 1950-

Title The greatest escape : a gripping story of wartime courage and adventure / Neil Churches with Edmund Goldrick.

Edition Paperback edition.
Publication Info. London : Pan Books, 2023.
©2022
1 hold on first copy returned of 1 copy
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3215188~S1
Location Call No. Status
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction-NEW  940.54 CHU    ON HOLDSHELF
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Description 355 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Summary In 1941 Ralph Churches was captured in Greece and imprisoned in Stalag SVIID in Maribor, Slovenia. A bank clerk in civilian life, and now a very junior member of military intelligence, Ralph hated being put to work for the Third Reich. He escaped twice and was recaptured. The he met Leslie Laws, a musician-turned-army-driver, and a plan fell into place. In this book, Ralph's son Neil vividly recreates his father's story and the sometimes brutal POW experience at Maribor. He reveals how Ralph and Les arranged the escape of 106 men, and the role played by US Major Franklin Lindsay, who was operating alongside the Partisan underground.
Subject Laws, Les.
Lindsay, Frank.
Churches, Ralph, 1917-2014.
Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Slovenia -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
Added Author Goldrick, Edmund.
ISBN 9781529060355
1529060354
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