Escape Artist: The Incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck by Peter Monteath

Escape Artist: The Incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck by Peter Monteath

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781742235509
Author: Peter Monteath
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Place: Sydney NSW
Year: 2017
Format: Paperback
Pages: 328 pages
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Author has inscribed half-title page.

The never-before-told story of World War II escape artist extraordinaire Johnny Peck.

In August 1941, an eighteen-year-old Australian soldier made his first prison break, an audacious night-time escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp in Crete. Astoundingly, this was only the first of many escapes.

Johnny Peck, an infantryman in the 2/7 Battalion, was first thrown into battle against Italian forces in the Western Desert. Campaigns against Hitler’s Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe in Greece and Crete followed. When Crete fell to the Germans at the end of May 1941, Peck was trapped on the island with hundreds of other men.

On the run, they depended on their wits, the kindness of strangers, and sheer good luck. When Peck’s luck ran out, he was taken captive by the Germans and then the Italians.

Later, after his release from a Piedmontese jail following the Italian Armistice of 1943 and at immense risk to his own life, Peck devoted himself to helping POWs cross the Alps to safety. Captured once more, Peck was sentenced to death and detained in Milan’s notorious Gestapo-run San Vittore prison, until escaping again, this time into Switzerland.

Historian Peter Monteath reveals the action-packed tale of one young Australian soldier and his remarkable war. (back cover)

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