Silent Heroes : Downed Airmen and the French Underground.
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TextPublisher: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2001Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (244 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780813147987
- Great Britain. -- MI9 -- History
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
- Air pilots, Military -- Europe
- Flight crews -- Europe
- 940.5486
- D810.S7 -- .O75 2009eb
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Science Fiction or Military Strategy: The Activities of MI9 and MIS-X -- 2. It Was Raining Aviators: The Evaders -- 3. My Brother's Keeper: The Helpers -- 4. Adolph Should Stay: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1940-1941 -- 5. In the Wake of Betrayal: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1942-1943 -- 6. Riding the Tail of a Comet: The Comet Line, 1941-1944 -- 7. Out of the Ashes: The Shelburne Line, 1944 -- 8. We Will Never Forget: The Aftermath -- 9. Conclusion -- Epilogue: Fifty-Five Years Later -- Appendix A: List of Abbreviations -- Appendix B: Evaders Evacuated through the Burgundy/Shelburne Connection -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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