So close to freedom : a World War II story of peril and betrayal in the Pyrenees /

Drawing on government and private World War II archives, Cartron gives the first detailed account of the only failed mission of the smuggler Charbonnier, when 29 Allied soldiers in a group of 35 were captured on their way to freedom over the French Pyrenees.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cartron, Jean-Luc E. (Author)
Other Authors:	Stanton, Roger (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Subjects:	World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German. Escapes > Pyrenees.

Description
Summary:	Drawing on government and private World War II archives, Cartron gives the first detailed account of the only failed mission of the smuggler Charbonnier, when 29 Allied soldiers in a group of 35 were captured on their way to freedom over the French Pyrenees.
Physical Description:	xxviii, 209 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781640121027 1640121021