Voices in Flight: Escaping Soldiers and Airmen of World War I, Martin W. Bowman

Voices in Flight: Escaping Soldiers and Airmen of World War I, Martin W. BowmanNew Hardback This thrilling new volume from Martin Bowman focusses on British, Canadian, Australian and German soldiers and airmen who were captured during the First World War. Determined that they wouldn't spend the rest of the conflict incarcerated uselessly behind bars, they endeavoured to escape. These are their stories. All aspects of prison life are covered here, and the author examines the various escape tactics that were employed by British

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California to the front in France: keen-eyed descriptions of New York as it prepared for the forthcoming conflict

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