Little Cyclone

First published in 1954, this is the true story of Belgian Andree de Jongh, who saved the lives of more than 800 airmen and soldiers during WWII, by helping them escape occupied Belgium and France, over the Pyrenees to Spain.

List of contents

Introduction ix
Foreword xiii
Author's Note xix
Prologue xxi

1. Dédée 1
2. Tante Go 6
3. Paul 14
4. En Route 23
5. Florentino 32
6. Nemo 44
7. Rue Oudinot 53
8. Avenue Voltaire 62
9. Peggy 74
10. Urrugne 83
11. Villa Chagrin 92
12. Cantine Suédoise 105
13. 'B' Johnson 119
14. Jean Masson 130
15. Casernes d'Etterbeek 141
16. Franco 148
17. Jacques Cartier 159
18. Tail of the Comet 169

Epilogue 181
Members of the Comet Line killed in action 185

About the author

Airey Neave: Airey Neave served as an intelligence agent for MI9 in World War Two before later becoming Member of Parliament for Abingdon. The author of several highly acclaimed books on the Second World War, he died in 1979 in an IRA a car-bomb attack at the House of Commons.

Product details

• Authors: Airey Neave
• Publisher: Biteback Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781849549608
• ISBN: 978-1-84954-960-8
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Dialogue Espionage Classics; Dialogue Espionage Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration