Escape Artist [electronic resource] : The Incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck
Peter Monteath2017
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The never-before-told story of World War II escape artist extraordinaire, Johnny
Peck. In August 1941, an eighteen-year-old Australian soldier made his first
prison break - an audacious night-time escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp
in Crete. Astoundingly, this was only the first of many escapes.An infantryman
in the 2/7 Battalion, Johnny Peck was first thrown into battle against Italian
forces in the Western Desert. Campaigns against Hitler's Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe
in Greece and Crete followed. When Crete fell to the Germans at the end of May
1941, Peck was trapped on the island with hundreds of other men. On the run,
they depended on their wits, the kindness of strangers, and sheer good luck.When
Peck's luck ran out, he was taken captive by the Germans, then the Italians.
Later, after his release from a Piedmontese jail following the Italian Armistice
of 1943, and at immense risk to his own life, Peck devoted himself to helping
POWs cross the Alps to safety. Captur...
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Author:
Peter Monteath, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : New South, 2017
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1 online resource (1 text file) (328 pages, 6088563.0 Bytes,)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781742242842
Language:
English
BRN:
433755
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |