Behind Nazi Lines: My Father's Heroic Quest to Save 149 World War II POWs
By Unknown Author.
Description
“Riveting and action-packed…[Behind Nazi Lines] shows how one brave American Red Cross volunteer negotiated the release of 149 Allied POWs. A great read.”—Marcus Brotherton, author of Shifty's WarIn 1944, hundreds of Allied soldiers were trapped in the prisoner-of-war camps off the Atlantic coast of occupied France. Miraculously, local villagers smuggled a message from the camp to the Allied forces—sparking a remarkable quest by an unlikely hero.Excluded from military service due to a football injury, Andy Hodges joined the Red Cross and, in the fall of 1...
ISBN(s)
0425276473, 9780425276471
