Behind Nazi Lines - My Father's Heroic Quest to Save 149 World War II POWs

“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 War In 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 1944, was tapped for what sounded like a suicide mission: a desperate attempt to aid the Allied POWs in Nazi-occupied France. But Andy did far more than deliver much-needed supplies. By the end of the year, he had negotiated the release of an unprecedented 149 prisoners--leaving no one behind. This is the true story of one man’s selflessness, ingenuity, and victory in the face of impossible adversity. INCLUDES PHOTOS

Product details

• Authors: Denise George, George Denise, Andrew Gerow Hodges, Andrew Gerow/ George Hodges, Hodges Andrew Gerow
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9780425276471
• ISBN: 978-0-425-27647-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; France, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Modern warfare, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater