Dare To Be Free

Download or read book Dare To Be Free written by W.B. 'Sandy' Thomas and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest escape stories of World War Two. When the Germans invaded Crete in 1941, Sandy Thomas was shipped to the Greek mainland as one of their prisoners. Despite being severely wounded in the leg he attempted several escapes, including being carried out of his POW camp in a coffin. He finally succeeded in a spectacular escape, and made his way across Greece to Mount Athos, a rocky peninsula populated solely by monks. Here he evaded capture for over a year, before finally stealing a boat and navigating his way through winter seas to freedom in Turkey. This, his story, is one of the great escape narratives of the Second World War.