Saturday at M.I.9: A History of Underground Escape Lines in North-West Europe in 1940-5 by a Leading Organiser at M.I.9

Saturday at M.I.9 is the inside story of the underground escape lines in occupied Northwest Europe which brought back to Britain over 4,000 Allied servicemen during World War Two.Airey Neave, who in the last two years of the war was the chief organizer at M.I.9 gives his own unique account. He describes how the escape lines began in the first dark days of German occupation and how, until the end of the war, thousands of ordinary men and women made their own contribution to the Allied victory by hiding and feeding men and guiding them to safety. "There isn't a page in the book which isn't exciting in incident, wise in judgment, and absorbing through its human involvement." Times Literary Supplement.  REVIEWS "There isn't a page in the book which isn't exciting in incident, wise in judgment, and absorbing through its human involvement." Times Literary Supplement.

Saturday at M.I.9: A history of underground escape lines in North-West Europe in 1940-5 by a leading organiser at M.I.9

History

NEAVE, Airey

Europe

Hodder&Stoughton

They Have Their Exits

Wounded and taken prisoner in the desperate fighting at Calais in 1940, he became a compulsive escaper and the first one of the very few to make a 'home-run' from Colditz Castle. Thereafter he rejoined the fighting serving in France and Holland before becoming a member of the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremburg War Crimes trials. There he was to meet the most notorious members of the Nazi hierarchy as they faced justice and, in many cases, death. For the quality of its writing and the breadth of its author's experiences, They Have Their Exits is arguably the finest memoir to emerge from the Second World War, and one for which the sobriquet 'classic' seems wholly inadequate.

Biographies & Memoirs

Coronet

The defense of Calais in May/June 1940 was a superb example of selfless courage and sacrifice. Sent by Churchill to divert the Germans from Dunkirk and so save the British Army from total annihilation and capture, 29 Brigade had orders not to evacuate or surrender.\nAirey Neave, later to be Margaret Thatcher's right hand man until his assassination in 1979, was one of those who fought, and was wounded and captured there

The flames of Calais: A soldier's battle, 1940

Hodder and Stoughton

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Nuremberg : a personal record of the trial of the major Nazi war criminals in 1945-6

Nuremberg: A personal record of the trial of the major Nazi war criminals in 1945-6

Little,Brown

Written by the chief organizer of the effort during the last two years of World War II, this work describes the work of M.I.9, which was tasked with establishing and operating underground escape lines behind German lines for Allied soldiers caught behind enemy lines. The narrative is aimed at a general audience. Distributed in the US by Casemate. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Saturday at M.I.9

Military

HarperCollins, Publishers

The Author, who as a senior member of Mrs. Thatcher's Government was tragically assassinated by the IRA, had the most distinguished of war records.  Wounded and taken prisoner in the desperate fighting at Calais in 1940, he became a compulsive escaper and the first one of the very few to make a 'home-run' from Colditz Castle. Thereafter he rejoined the fighting serving in France and Holland before becoming a member of the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremburg War Crimes trials. There he was to meet the most notorious members of the Nazi hierarchy as they faced justice and, in many cases, death.   For the quality of its writing and the breadth of its author's experiences, They Have Their Exits is arguably the finest memoir to emerge from the Second World War, and one for which the sobriquet 'classic' seems wholly inadequate.

Leaders & Notable People

A Soldier's Battle, 1940...  The defence of Calais in late May 1940 remains one of the most striking examples of selfless courage and sacrifice.  Winston Churchill, in one of his first actions as Prime Minister, ordered 29 Brigade across the Channel as a desperate diversionary measure to save the British Expeditionary Force from wholesale annihilation.  The Brigade had orders not to evacuate or surrender, and casualties were extremely heavy.  Airey Neave, who was wounded and captured at Calais, has written a definitive first-hand account of the battle, which has stood the test of time.

The Flames of Calais

Nuremburg

WEST, Rebecca

A Soldier's Battle, 1940... The defence of Calais in late May 1940 remains one of the most striking examples of selfless courage and sacrifice. Winston Churchill, in one of his first actions as Prime Minister, ordered 29 Brigade across the Channel as a desperate diversionary measure to save the British Expeditionary Force from wholesale annihilation. The Brigade had orders not to evacuate or surrender, and casualties were extremely heavy. Airey Neave, who was wounded and captured at Calais, has written a definitive first-hand account of the battle, which has stood the test of time.

Flames Of Calais

Magna Large Print Books

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Saturday at M.I.9: A history of underground escape lines in North-West Europe in 1940-5 by a leading organiser at M.I.9

They Have Their Exits

The flames of Calais: A soldier's battle, 1940

Saturday at M.I.9: A History of Underground Escape Lines in North-West Europe in 1940-5 by a Leading Organiser at M.I.9

Nuremberg: A personal record of the trial of the major Nazi war criminals in 1945-6

Saturday at M.I.9

They Have Their Exits

The Flames of Calais

Nuremburg

Flames Of Calais