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'Spirit of Resistance: The Life of SOE Agent Harry Peulevé DSO MC' by Nigel Perrin. |
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| Paul Lester, London | | Brilliant - (5/5) | This is an amazing and incredibly moving story of a secret agent in France during the war. Not only did he walk across the pyrenees on crutches and create his own secret army, but he also survived torture and escaped from buchenwald concentration camp. It's very easy to read and includes a lot of interesting background on the resistance in France. |
| Description | After a childhood in England, Harry Peulevé is recruited for SOE F Section by Maurice Buckmaster. His first mission is to set up a circuit (SCIENTIST) near Bordeaux. Harry breaks his leg on landing and, after numerous adventures and close escapes, crosses the Pyrennes on sticks in December 1942. He is imprisoned, escapes and eventually reaches the British Embassy, Madrid. He arrives back in London with Violette Szabo. He is sent back to France to establish a Maquis group. Again initially he avoids capture despite their group being infiltrated. He hasconsiderable success with the Maquis as well as running an escape route.He is betrayed and captured on 21 March 1944. Tortured at Avenue Foch by the Gestapo he gives no information away. Held in Fresnes, where Szabo also now captured is; they meet while being moved to concentration camps in Eastern Europe.Sent to Buchenwald, he avoids execution by switching identities helped by an SS Doctor. He escapes after transfer to a work camp and is able to surrender to the Allies while on the run. By now he was in a terrible physical and mental state. He recovered partially and lived an unsettled life overseas before dying in Seville in 1963.This is the first biography of an exceptionally brave and able SOE agent. | | Release Date | 2009-04 | | Author | Nigel Perrin | | Format | Dimensions 16.3x22.9x2.3 cm
264 pages
book | | Publisher | Pen & Sword Military | | Subject(s) | Great Britain - History
Intelligence officers - Great Britain
Intelligence officers/ Great Britain/ Biography
Intelligence officers
Peuleve, Harry
World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service - Great Britain
World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - France
World War, 1939-1945/ Secret service/ Great Britain
World War, 1939-1945/ Underground movements/ France
World War, 1939-1945
Biography & Autobiography / Military
Biography & Autobiography / Political
History / Europe / Great Britain
History / Military / General
History / Military / World War II
History / Military / World War II |
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