MI9

Escape and Evasion

MRD Foot

• Publisher: Biteback Publishing
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781785905643
• eBook ISBN: 9781785905674
• Topic: Histoire
• Subtopic: Seconde Guerre mondiale

Many of the most famous escapes in history took place during the Second World War. These daring flights from Nazi-occupied Europe would never have been possible but for the assistance of a hitherto secret British service: MI9. This small, dedicated and endlessly inventive team gave hope to the men who had fallen into enemy hands, and aid to resistance fighters in occupied territory. It sent money, maps, clothes, compasses, even hacksaws – and in return coded letters from the prisoner-of-war camps and provided invaluable news of what was happening in the enemy's homeland. Understaffed and under-resourced, MI9 nonetheless made a terrific contribution to the Allied war effort. First published in 1979, this book tells the full, inside story of an extraordinary organisation.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Foreword by Field-Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, KG
• Authors’ Note
• 1 Prologue
• 2 Approach March
• 3 First Encounters: 1940
• 4 Building the Lines: Evasions 1940–42
• 5 ‘First in, First out’: Escapes 1940–42
• 6 Counter-attack
• 7 Italian Imbroglio
• 8 Intelligence Tasks
• 9 Line upon Line: Evasions in Europe 1943–45
• 10 Over, Under or Through: Escapes in Europe 1943–45
• 11 The Asian War: 1941–45
• 12 Mopping up: 1945 and After
• Appendix 1: Statistical Summary
• Appendix 2: Specimen Lecture
• Appendix 3: Specimen Code
• Appendix 4: What Was Said at the Time
• Note on Sources
• Abbreviations
• Index
• Other Books by the Same Authors
• Copyright