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Contents

1. Title Page
2. List of Illustrations
3. Foreword by Field-Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, KG
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5. Authors’ Note
6. 1 Prologue
7. 2 Approach March
8. 3 First Encounters: 1940
9. 4 Building the Lines: Evasions 1940–42
10. 5 ‘First in, First out’: Escapes 1940–42
11. 6 Counter-attack
12. 7 Italian Imbroglio
13. 8 Intelligence Tasks
14. 9 Line upon Line: Evasions in Europe 1943–45
15. 10 Over, Under or Through: Escapes in Europe 1943–45
16. 11 The Asian War: 1941–45
17. 12 Mopping up: 1945 and After
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19. Appendix 1 Statistical Summary
20. Appendix 2 Specimen Lecture
21. Appendix 3 Specimen Code
22. Appendix 4 What Was Said at the Time
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24. Note on Sources
25. Abbreviations
26. Index
27. Other Books by the Same Authors
28. Copyright