So close to freedom : a World War II story of peril and betrayal in the Pyrenees /

So close to freedom : a World War II story of peril and betrayal in the Pyrenees /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cartron, Jean-Luc E., author.
Imprint:	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019] ©2019
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Subject:	World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German. Escapes -- Pyrenees. Escapes. Pyrenees.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12284343

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Other authors / contributors:	Stanton, Roger, writer of foreword.
ISBN:	9781640121775 1640121773 9781640121027 1640121021 9781640121751 (epub) 9781640121768 (mobi)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 4, 2019).
Summary:	"Drawing on government and private World War II archives, Cartron gives the first detailed account of the only failed mission of the smuggler Charbonnier--when 29 Allied soldiers in a group of 35 were captured on their way to freedom over the French Pyrenees."--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

A Perilous Hide-and-Seek
For King and Country
The Route Past Luchon
On the Run
Too Many
April Attempt
Hero or Villain?
Aftermath of a Betrayal
Maddy De Deken
The Woodcutter
Escapes and Hardships
The Road Blockade
Separate Fates.