Australia's Greatest Escapes
Gripping Tales of Wartime Bravery
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Narrated by:
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Steve Shanahan
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By:
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Colin Burgess
About this listen
Australia's greatest escape stories from two world wars
Australia’s Greatest Escapes is a collection of stories about the most hazardous aspect of the prisoner of war experience escape. Here is all the adventure, suspense and courage of ordinary Australians who defied their captors; men who tunneled to freedom, crawled through stinking drains, or clawed a passage beneath barbed wire in a desperate attempt to flee captivity.
They were willing to risk the odds and even death in the loneliest war of all the fight to be free. Each possessed in spades the noble qualities of boldness, resourcefulness, cunning, determination and mateship we have come to admire about our Australian service men and women under adversity.
Featuring stories of Australian POWs from all theatres of war, including one who fled a German work camp during World War I, another involved in a mass tunnel escape from a notorious Italian camp, and an airman who brazenly attempted to steal a German fighter and fly it back to England. We also re-live the tragic saga of the Sandakan death marches in which six Australian escapers became the only survivors from 2000 POWs, and follow the perilous journeys to freedom undertaken by Australian infantrymen following the appalling massacre of their fellow soldiers
on the Japanese-held island of Ambon.
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- geoffandkath
- 09-06-2021
Awesome
Great stories of great and determine Australians risking their lives for the greater good. Brilliant
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- Mrs Louise Brown
- 03-02-2021
Riveting
When you hear of POW's returning from war and "not wanting to talk about it", this is why. Outstanding stories of survival, endurance and luck, I found it hard to stop listening, wish it was 10x longer! Absolutely recommend.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-11-2022
Inspirational
A tragic and inspirational recounting of a time never to be forgotten. Lest we forget.
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