I Escape!: The Great War's Most Remarkable POW
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (717 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1473823765 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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He spoke enough German to make his way by train to Bremen. They swam a river, were nearly recaptured once, but eventually reached Stralsund. In the summer of 1915 he was transferred to Augustabad Camp, near Neu Brandenburg, and after being there 10 days he managed to slip away from a bathing party outside the camp, together with a Russian officer. A PoW for three-and-a-half years, Hardy made no less than twelve escape attempts while imprisoned by the Germans in the First World War, five of which being successful.In early 1915 he attempted to escape from Halle Camp, near Leipzig, by breaking through a brick wall into an adjacent ammunition factory. Of all the daring PoW escape stories that have come to light in the last 100 years and immortalized by Steve McQueen in the film The Great Escape, the story of J.L. From there they crossed to the island of Rugen, but were arrested before they could find a fishing boat to take them t
On 26 August Hardy was reported as missing in action and spent the best part of the next three and a half years as a prisoner of war. Hardy continued to serve in the Army until 1925 when he retired on account of ill-health. About the Author Captain Jocelyn Lee Hardy DSO MC was a British Army officer famed for his courage on the battlefield and repeated escapes from German prisoner of war camps during the First World War, the details of which are found in this book. . Born in 1894 and seeing action in the war as earlier as 24 August 1914, Hardy's unit acted as a rearguard to cover the retreat of 5th Infantry Brigade at Le Grand Fayt. He died in 1958, aged sixty-three. He was the author of seven books, I Escape! being his first
On 26 August Hardy was reported as missing in action and spent the best part of the next three and a half years as a prisoner of war. He died in 1958, aged sixty-three. Hardy continued to serve in the Army until 1925 when he retired on account of ill-health. Captain Jocelyn Lee Hardy DSO MC was a British Army officer famed for his courage on the battlefield and repeated escapes from German prisoner
"It's ok." according to Jayfred. He was a Captain in the British Army in WW1. This is the story of his time in 5 German POW camps. It is ok (not great; not bad). 260 pages