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Author Cartron, Jean-Luc E., author.

Title So close to freedom : a World War II story of peril and betrayal in the Pyrenees / Jean-Luc E. Cartron ; foreword by Roger Stanton
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
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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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 4, 2019)
SUBJECT Bazerque, Jean Louis, -1944
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
Escapes -- Pyrenees
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
Escapes
Pyrenees
Form Electronic book
Author Stanton, Roger, writer of foreword.
ISBN 9781640121775
1640121773