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The Rome Escape Line
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Author : Sam Derry
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2019-12-06
The Rome Escape Line written by Sam Derry and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-06 with History categories.
The Rome Escape Line, first published in 1960, is the firsthand World War II account of British Army officer Sam Derry, who, himself an escaped prisoner-of-war, remained in Rome to help other escaped POWs remain in hiding or to safely flee Italy altogether. With the help of Right Rev. Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, an official in the Vatican's Holy Office, Derry is given the assignment of overseeing the escape operation, obtaining money, papers, food, and lodging for the escapees. Unfortunately, there were traitors and leaks to deal with, and the German response following round-ups of captured POWs was often brutal. Overall, The Rome Escape Line provides valuable insight into a remarkable operation, reported in a humble, matter-of-fact manner by a true war-hero.
The Rome Escape Line
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Author : Sam Derry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-10-21
The Rome Escape Line written by Sam Derry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-21 with categories.
"A brave man and a born story-teller, Sam Derry's account of how he set up the Rome Escape Line in WW2 (which smuggled thousands of Allied soldiers to safety) is a riveting read." Gavin Mortimer, author of David Stirling, The Phoney Major: The Life, Times and Truth about the Founder of the SAS. One of the most extraordinary episodes of the Second World War, this is the story of how a British officer from a quiet market town in Nottinghamshire, and with the assistance of a Vatican-based Irish Monsignor, hid an army of over 4,000 escaped POWs in and around German occupied Rome. In this authorized edition, told by Lt Col Sam Derry, having made his second getaway of the war by jumping in broad daylight from a prison train taking him from Italy to Germany, was smuggled into Rome in a cabbage cart, and then disguised as a Monsignor, into Vatican City to take command of a cloak and dagger organisation that kept thousands of men from falling into Nazi hands. Keeping one step ahead of the Gestapo, Derry's organisation survived disasters, tortures and the execution of some of its members to hand over to the Allies an army that had been fed, clothed and housed by priests and brave Italian families in and around Rome under the very noses of the enemy. When, in June 1944, Rome was about to be liberated by the Americans, Derry was the first 'Brit' to establish direct contact with the spearhead of the Allied advance, and able to radio information to arriving troops advising which route to take to avoid mined bridges. This extraordinary story is told by an ordinary man from Newark, who before the war was a plumber and who became, by the end of the war, Head of MI9. His meticulous record keeping shows the Rome Escape Line saved the lives of 1695 British, 896 South African, 429 Russian, 425 Greek, 185 American POWs and others from more than 20 countries. Only 122 escapees and evaders were re-captured. Sadly, many Italians assisting were captured and shot. "Sam Derry was the James Bond of the escape lines in Italy, working in the clandestine shadows of the Vatican to save the lives of Allied airmen and soldiers. The book shines a light on his immense courage, bravery and survival in the face of Nazi evil." Dr Helen Fry, author of MI9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two.
The Ghosts Of Rome
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Author : Joseph O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2026-01-29
The Ghosts Of Rome written by Joseph O'Connor and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2026-01-29 with Fiction categories.
'As thrilling, beautiful and sensational a novel as you'll read this year or any year' Sunday Times February 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome. Inside the war-torn city, the Contessa Giovanna Landini works for the band of Escape Line activists known as 'the Choir'. Her mission is to smuggle Allied soldiers to safety, all under the nose of Gestapo boss Paul Hauptmann. During a ferocious morning air raid a mysterious parachutist lands in Rome and disappears into the backstreets. Is he an ally or an imposter? His fate will come to put the whole Escape Line at risk. Meanwhile, Hauptmann's attention has landed on the Contessa. As his fascination grows, she is pulled into a dangerous game with him - one where the consequences could be lethal. 'Thrilling, terrifying and entertaining' Liz Nugent 'Vivid and moving' Guardian 'A stellar piece of storytelling' Daily Mail 'Not just a wartime thriller, but a meditation on how we remember, how we resist and how, even in the darkest times, humanity endures' New York Times
The Rome Escape Line
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Author : Sam Derry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
The Rome Escape Line written by Sam Derry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with World War categories.
The Rome Escape Line
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Author : Samuel Ironmonger DERRY
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
The Rome Escape Line written by Samuel Ironmonger DERRY and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with categories.
Rome Escape Line
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Author : Sam Derry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Rome Escape Line written by Sam Derry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with categories.
Rome City In Terror
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Author : Victor Failmezger
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-09-17
Rome City In Terror written by Victor Failmezger and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-17 with History categories.
'Victor Failmezger's passion for the city of Rome is matched by his extensive knowledge of its dark recent past.' - Joshua Levine, author of Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture In September 1943, following wave upon wave of Allied bombing, Italy announced an armistice with the Allies. Shortly afterwards, the German army disarmed Italian forces and, despite military and partisan resistance, quickly overran Rome. Rome – City in Terror is a comprehensive history of the nine-month-long German occupation of the city that followed. The Gestapo wasted no time enforcing an iron grip on the city once the occupation was in place. They swiftly eliminated the Carabinieri, the Italian paramilitary force, rounded up thousands of Italians to build extensive defensive lines across Italy, and, at 5am one morning, arrested more than 1,000 Roman Jews and sent them to Auschwitz. Resistance, however, remained strong. To aid the thousands of Allied POWs who escaped after the dissolution of the Italian army, priests, diplomats and escaped ex-POWs operating out of the Vatican formed a nationwide organization called the 'Escape Line'. More than 4,000 Allied POWs scattered all over Italy were sheltered, clothed and fed by these courageous Italians, whose lives were forfeit if their activities were discovered. Meanwhile, as food became scarce and the Gestapo began to raid on homes and institutions, Italian partisan fighters launched attack after attack on German military units in the city, with the threat of execution never far away. This is the compelling story of an Eternal City brought low, of the terror and hardship of occupation, and of the disparate army of partisan fighters, displaced aristocrats, Vatican priests, Allied POWs and ordinary citizens who battled for the liberation of Rome.
Canadians Behind Enemy Lines 1939 1945
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Author : Roy MacLaren
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2011-11-01
Canadians Behind Enemy Lines 1939 1945 written by Roy MacLaren and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with History categories.
During the Second World War, Canadians found themselves behind enemy lines in Europe and Asia. Not all were ill-fated airmen, shot down in the fury of battle. Some were there by design, as volunteers who risked their lives in extremely hazardous assignments. Almost one hundred Canadians served the Allied forces by passing as locals in occupied countries. At the behest of two British secret services, these men made language and custom their costumes and wove themselves into the social fabric of France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Burma, Malaya, and Sarawak. They risked their lives assisting resistance groups in sabotage and ambush missions or in smuggling Allied airmen out of occupied territories. Quiet heroes of the war, these bold Canadians helped to make the brutal and unrelenting warfare of the underground a potent weapon in the Allied arsenal. Out of print for more than two decades, this bestselling book recognizes the unique contribution of these individuals to the underground war effort. It is also a study of unstinting personal courage in the face of overwhelming odds.
Ireland And The Vatican
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Author : Dermot Keogh
language : en
Publisher: Cork University Press
Release Date : 1995
Ireland And The Vatican written by Dermot Keogh and has been published by Cork University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
A comprehensive examination of the complex triangular relationship between the Irish government, the bishops and the Holy See from the origins of the Irish State in 1922 to the end of the de Valera government.
The Long Trail Home
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Author : Janet Kinrade Dethick
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2016-01-30
The Long Trail Home written by Janet Kinrade Dethick and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-30 with History categories.
During the Second World War the small landlocked Italian region of Umbria was crossed by thousands of Allied servicemen. There were those entrained for camps in Northern Italy, in Germany or in German-controlled territories. There were those belonging to work parties who came in open trucks from Campo PG 54 at Fara in Sabina to construct a new camp, Campo PG 77 at Pissignano, or to swell the much-depleted indigenous labour force in a cement factory and brickworks and were interned in PG 115 (Morgnano) and PG 115/3 (Marsciano). There were men from the Special Air Services (SAS) who had been parachuted in to carry out special missions. There were the American airmen whose planes had been shot down from the Umbrian skies. There were the escapers and evaders who in trying to reach the Allied Lines or neutral Switzerland walked the Appenines. There were two submariners from HM Submarine Saracen who were held in Perugia gaol before being sent to Dachau. This is their story.