MI9 : a history of the Secret Service for escape and evasion in World War Two
Fry, Helen, 1967-2021
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When Allied fighters were trapped behind enemy lines, one branch of military intelligence helped them escape: MI9. The organisation set up clandestine routes that zig-zagged across Nazi-occupied Europe, enabling soldiers and airmen to make their way home. Secret agents and resistance fighters risked their lives and those of their families to hide the men. Drawing on declassified files and eye-witness testimonies from across Europe and the United States, Helen Fry provides a significant reassessment of MI9's wartime role. Central to its success were figures such as Airey Neave, Jimmy Langley, Sam Derry, and Mary Lindell - one of only a few women parachuted into enemy territory for MI9.
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Author:
Fry, Helen, 1967-, author
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]©2021
Collation:
xix, 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2020.
ISBN:
9780300260939 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.548641940.548940.5486940.548 FRY 940.5486 FRY
Language:
English
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BRN:
2283987
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