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Airey Neave

    Airey Neave bol britský armádny dôstojník, právnik, politik a autor. Počas druhej svetovej vojny bol prvým britským dôstojníkom, ktorému sa podarilo utiecť z nemeckého zajateckého tábora Oflag IV-C na hrade Colditz. V roku 1948 mu Spojené štáty udelili Bronzovú hviezdu za jeho vojnové služby. Neskôr sa stal konzervatívnym poslancom za Abingdon. Neave bol v roku 1979 zavraždený pri bombovom útoku v parlamente, ku ktorému sa prihlásila Írska národná oslobodzovacia armáda (INLA).

    Saturday at M.I.9
    • Saturday at M.I.9

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      • 12 hodin čítania

      Saturday at M.I.9 is the inside story of the underground escape lines in occupied North-West Europe which brought back to Britain over 4,000 Allied servicemen during World War Two. Airey Neave, who in the last two years of the war was the chief organiser at M.I.9, gives his own unique account. He describes how the escape lines began in the first dark days of German occupation and how, until the end of the war, thousands of ordinary men and women made their own contribution to the Allied victory by hiding and feeding men and guiding them to safety. There isn't a page in the book which isn't exciting in incident, wise in judgment, and absorbing through its human involvement.

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