Escape and evasion lines (World War II)
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title:
Escape and evasion lines (World War II)
text:
Escape and evasion lines in World War II helped people escape European countries occupied by Nazi Germany. The focus of most escape lines in Western Europe was assisting British and American airmen shot down over occupied Europe to evade capture and escape to neutral Spain or Sweden from where they could return to the United Kingdom. A distinction is sometimes made between "escapers" and "evaders". Most of those helped by escape lines were evaders. Some escape and evasion lines such as the Shelb
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WW II network helping downed airmen to evade capture
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_and_evasion_lines_(World_War_II)
date created:
2020-02-05T11:13:58Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T13:59:09Z
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