Australias Greatest Escapes

Author : Colin Burgess
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1760854301
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australia's Greatest Escapes written by Colin Burgess and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-07-22 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia's greatest escape stories from two world wars Australia’s Greatest Escapes is a collection of stories about the most hazardous aspect of the prisoner of war experience – escape. Here is all the adventure, suspense and courage of ordinary Australians who defied their captors; men who tunnelled to freedom, crawled through stinking drains, or clawed a passage beneath barbed wire in a desperate attempt to flee captivity. They were willing to risk the odds and even death in the loneliest war of all – the fight to be free. Each possessed in spades the noble qualities of boldness, resourcefulness, cunning, determination and mateship we have come to admire about our Australian service men and women under adversity. Featuring stories of Australian POWs from all theatres of war, including one who fled a German work camp during World War I, another involved in a mass tunnel escape from a notorious Italian camp, and an airman who brazenly attempted to steal a German fighter and fly it back to England. We also re-live the tragic saga of the Sandakan death marches in which six Australian escapers became the only survivors from 2000 POWs, and follow the perilous journeys to freedom undertaken by Australian infantrymen following the appalling massacre of their fellow soldiers on the Japanese-held island of Ambon.

Author : Colin Burgess
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781760854294
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Untitled World War Book written by Colin Burgess and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories about the most dangerous aspect of the Australian prisoner of war experience - escape. Here is all the adventure, suspense and courage of ordinary Australians who defied their captors; men willing to risk death in order to overcome almost impossible odds in the loneliest war of all - the fight for the right to be free.

Author : Neil Churches
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1529060362
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Escape written by Neil Churches and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping, vividly told story of the largest prisoner of war escape in of the Second World War – organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist and an American spy. In August 1944, the most successful POW escape of the Second World War took place - 106 Allied prisoners were freed from a camp in Maribor, in present-day Slovenia. The escape was organized not by officers, but by two ordinary soldiers: Australian Ralph Churches (a bank clerk before the war) and Londoner Les Laws (a jazz pianist by profession), with the help of U.S. intelligence officer Franklin Lindsay. The American was on a mission to work with the partisans: a group who moved like ghosts through the Alps, ambushing and evading Nazi forces. Told here for the first time is the story of how these three men came together – along with the partisans – to plan and execute the escape is told here for the first time. The Greatest Escape, written by Ralph Churches’ son Neil, takes us from Ralph and Les’s capture in Greece in 1941 and their brutal journey to Maribor, with many POWs dying along the way, to the horror of seeing Russian prisoners starved to death in the camp. The book uncovers the hidden story of Allied intelligence operations in Slovenia, and shows how Ralph became involved. We follow the escapees on a nail-biting 160-mile journey across the Alps, pursued by German soldiers, ambushed and betrayed. And yet, of the 106 men who escaped, 100 made it to safety. Thanks to research across seven countries, The Greatest Escape is no longer a secret. It is one of the most remarkable adventure stories of the last century.

Author : Adam Courtenay
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 1460708849
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ship That Never Was written by Adam Courtenay and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest escape story of Australian colonial history by the son of Australia’s best-loved storyteller In 1823, cockney sailor and chancer James Porter was convicted of stealing a stack of beaver furs and transported halfway around the world to Van Diemen's Land. After several escape attempts from the notorious penal colony, Porter, who told authorities he was a 'beer-machine maker', was sent to Macquarie Harbour, known in Van Diemen's Land as hell on earth. Many had tried to escape Macquarie Harbour; few had succeeded. But when Governor George Arthur announced that the place would be closed and its prisoners moved to the new penal station of Port Arthur, Porter, along with a motley crew of other prisoners, pulled off an audacious escape. Wresting control of the ship they'd been building to transport them to their fresh hell, the escapees instead sailed all the way to Chile. What happened next is stranger than fiction, a fitting outcome for this true-life picaresque tale. The Ship That Never Was is the entertaining and rollicking story of what is surely the greatest escape in Australian colonial history. James Porter, whose memoirs were the inspiration for Marcus Clarke's For the Term of his Natural Life, is an original Australian larrikin whose ingenuity, gift of the gab and refusal to buckle under authority make him an irresistible anti-hero who deserves a place in our history.

Author : Lee Atkinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781741175738
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australia's Best Nature Escapes written by Lee Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting back to nature doesn't have to mean roughing it, not with this collection of 100 of Australia's best nature-based holidays. There's something for every kind of nature-lover in this beautiful book, from rustic cabins in national parks to glamping and luxe beachside resorts, family-friendly holiday parks, country hideaways, houseboats and even a treehouse. The book also covers a range of activities such as guided walks, cruises, safaris, 4WD adventures and bareboat charters. You'll find all the information you need - how to get there, how long to stay, the best time to go, a price guide and handy travel hints, such as special kid-friendly features or alternative options in the area to suit your budget. However you like to go wild, you'll find inspiration with Australia's Best Nature Escapes.

Author : Colin Dann
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448121345
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Great Escape written by Colin Dann and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric made up his mind. He would go to the pet shop, open the cages and let the little troupe of animals free, to make their own way in the world. And so began A Great Escape.

Author : Colin Burgess
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781863736367
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom Or Death written by Colin Burgess and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of escape stories by Australian prisoners of war. There are stories of prisoners from two world wars, tormented and tortured until they are left with two distinct options - freedom or death. Many were to succeed, but scores of Australian servicemen did not. Here we meet one soldier who fled a German work camp during the Great War, another who escaped from the legendary escape proof Colditz Castle, a defiant sapper who kept on trying until he finally succeeded, and an airman who brazenly attempted to fly a German Messerschmitt back to England.

Author : Paul Brickhill
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393325799
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Escape written by Paul Brickhill and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1950 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Records the efforts of six hundred British and American officers to escape from a Nazi prison camp.

Author : Scott Christianson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781554075065
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Escapes written by Scott Christianson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning visual record of the world's most audacious and compelling escapes and escape attempts.

Author : W. N. Brown
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062860496
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Escapes #5: Terror in the Tower of London written by W. N. Brown and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape stories ever told? The fifth installment in the Great Escapes series has arrived—perfect for fans of the I Survived series! London, 1716. Lord William Nithsdale has been found guilty of treason after fighting alongside the other rebels against the British crown. For his crime, he is sent to the infamous Tower of London, where he awaits his punishment: the executioner’s blade. Upon learning of the Lord’s death sentence, his wife, Lady Winifred Maxwell, sets out to free him from the “Bloody Tower.” She plots and plans to pull off a daring and dangerous breakout. If her idea works, Lord Nithsdale might just escape his deadly fate. If it doesn’t, both their heads will roll! From reluctant reader to total bookworm, each book in this page-turning series—featuring fascinating bonus content and captivating illustrations—will leave you excited for the next adventure!