Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Bond, Barbara A.
Title:: Great escapes / Barbara A. Bond.
Alternate Title(s):: Great escapes : the story of MI9's Second World War escape and evasion maps
Published / Created:: Glasgow, Scotland : Times Books, 2015.
©2015
Physical Description:: 263 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles ; 26 cm
Holdings:: Reference Library
D810.S8 B635 2015 (LC)
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:: Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2015513713-b.html
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and index.
MI9's secret escape and evasion mapping programme is one of World War II's most fascinating feats. Discover how maps printed on silk and rayon aided the escape of thousands of prisoners and evaders from occupied Europe. Delve into the extraordinary escape stories and find out how the maps were smuggled into prisoner of war camps inside everyday objects including board games -- Source other than Library of Congress.
Subject Terms:: Great Britain. MI9 -- Biography. | Great Britain. MI9 -- History. | World War, 1939–1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain. | World War, 1939–1945 -- Underground movements -- Europe, Western. | Escapes -- Europe, Western -- History -- 20th century. | Prisoner-of-war escapes. | Great Britain. MI9. | World War (1939–1945) | Escapes. | Prisoner-of-war escapes. | Secret service. | Underground movements, War. | Europe, Western. | Great Britain.
Form/Genre:: Biography. | History.