The Resource Escape artist : the incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck, Peter Monteath
Escape artist : the incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck, Peter Monteath
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- Summary
- 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. An infantryman in the 2/7 Battalion, Johnny Peck 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, 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 288 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781742235509
- Label
- Escape artist : the incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck
- Title
- Escape artist
- Title remainder
- the incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Monteath
- Title variation
- Incredible second world war of Johnny Peck
- Subject
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- trueWorld War II
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- trueEurope -- History -- 20th century
- trueEscapes
- Prisoners of war -- Australia -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | War and oppression | Hostages and POWs
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian
- Peck, Johnny
- Escaped prisoners of war -- Australia -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Australian -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German -- Biography
- Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Australia -- Biography
- trueAustralia, Army | Battalion, 2/7th
- trueAustralian literature
- truePeck, John Desmond, 1922-2002
- trueEscaped prisoners of war
- Prisoners of war -- Italy -- Biography
- trueBiographies
- Escaped prisoners of war -- Crete (Greece) -- Biography
- truePrisoners of war
- trueSoldiers -- Australia
- Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Italy -- Biography
- trueSoldiers -- Australia -- Biography
- Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Crete (Greece) -- Biography
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts -- World War II -- European theater
- Escaped prisoners of war -- Italy -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. An infantryman in the 2/7 Battalion, Johnny Peck 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, 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
- Summary
- The never-before-told story of World War II escape artist extraordinaire, Johnny Peck.
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10640953
- Cataloging source
- QRML
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- Monteath, Peter
- Dewey number
- 940.54724
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Peck, John Desmond
- Peck, Johnny
- Australia
- Escaped prisoners of war
- Escaped prisoners of war
- Escaped prisoners of war
- Prisoner-of-war escapes
- Prisoner-of-war escapes
- Prisoner-of-war escapes
- Prisoners of war
- Prisoners of war
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soldiers
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck
- Label
- Escape artist : the incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck, Peter Monteath
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-279) and index
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- volume
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- Control code
- 000060645813
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 288 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781742235509
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1001724739
- Label
- Escape artist : the incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck, Peter Monteath
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-279) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- 000060645813
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 288 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781742235509
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1001724739
Subject
- trueAustralia, Army | Battalion, 2/7th
- trueAustralian
- trueAustralian literature
- trueBiographies
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- Escaped prisoners of war -- Australia -- Biography
- Escaped prisoners of war -- Crete (Greece) -- Biography
- Escaped prisoners of war -- Italy -- Biography
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- trueEurope -- History -- 20th century
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts -- World War II -- European theater
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | War and oppression | Hostages and POWs
- truePeck, John Desmond, 1922-2002
- Peck, Johnny
- Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Australia -- Biography
- Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Crete (Greece) -- Biography
- Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Italy -- Biography
- truePrisoners of war
- Prisoners of war -- Australia -- Biography
- Prisoners of war -- Italy -- Biography
- trueSoldiers -- Australia
- trueSoldiers -- Australia -- Biography
- trueWorld War II
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Australian -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Italian -- Biography
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