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MI9 : a history of the secret service for escape and evasion in World War Two / by Fry, Helen, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue : red carnation -- 1. The creation of MI9 -- 2. Europe under occupation -- 3. Gateway to freedom -- 4. …”
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Silent heroes : downed airmen and the French underground by Ottis, Sherri Greene, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Science Fiction or Military Strategy: The Activities of MI9 and MIS-X; 2. It Was Raining Aviators: The Evaders; 3. …”
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Target Corinth Canal 1940-1944 : Mike Cumberlege and the attempts to block the Corinth Canal by Alexiades, Platon

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction; Prologue; Chapter 1: Greece and the Corinth Canal; Chapter 2: The navy and the Mediterranean 1940; Chapter 3: Soe in Greece; Chapter 4: The Corinth Canal and the dodecanese islands; Chapter 5: The British intervention in Greece; Chapter 6: First attempt; Chapter 7: The Canal is Seized; Chapter 8: Retreat and Recriminations; Chapter 9: The Royal Air Force Attempts; Chapter 10: Clandestine Work for Mi9; Chapter 11: The Greek Resistance; Chapter 12: The Corinth Canal and the Battle of el Alamein; Chapter 13: new plans: Thurgoland and Locksmith.…”
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The greatest escapes of World War II by Smith, Robert B. (Robert Barr), 1933-2017, Yadon, Laurence J., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Why, dig it in the open prison yard, the entrance hidden by a vaulting horse over which other prisoners carried on vaulting -- The Ruth-Lee : three thousand miles to freedom in Australia ... in an open boat -- After midnight : the Danish underground's spectacular rescue of most of Denmark's Jewish population -- Wish me luck as you wave me good-bye : a young Australian's multiple escapes -- The wizards of MI9 : the highly effective British escape organization and the men who ran it -- The man who wouldn't quit : Douglas Bader, the RAF wing commander who gave his German captors fits ... even though he had two aluminum legs -- Deliverance from evil : American rangers free more than five hundred POWs threatened with death in the Philippines -- Dedee's way : young Countess Andree de Jongh, mastermind of the Comete escape line, which helped Allied forces personnel escape from occupied Europe -- Night crossing : the Black Watch officer who escaped the Germans by sheer persistence, daring, and small boat handling -- Twelve iron men : ten very tough Americans and two Filipino murderers escape the Japanese on the Philippine island of Davao -- Come what may : American nurses are snatched from the site of a New Guinea plane crash by glider -- Operation Jericho : the RAF bombed the Amiens Prison at zero feet, smashing holes in the stone walls and freeing hundreds of prisoners, some condemned to death -- Ming, the dog who knew : the pet of the Jericho leader knew when her master was flying, and this time knew he wasn't coming back -- Fighting man : the saga of Jack Churchill, who went to war with a sword and bow -- Operation Halyard : the do-it-yourself air strip -- Schloss Colditz and other delights : breaching the walls of an thousand-year-old fortress -- If at first you don't succeed : Walter Granecki, who found help from unexpected places in the heart of fascist Italy -- The magicians : Christopher Clayton Hutton, who developed remarkable tools for remarkable escapes.…”
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