Saturday at M. I. 9: The Classic Account of the WW2 Allied Escape Organisation

**The author of __Flames of Calais__ details life in the top-secret department of Britain's War Office during World War II in this military memoir.** Airey Neave, who in the last two years of the war was the chief organizer at M.I.9, gives his inside story of the underground escape lines in occupied North-West Europe, which returned over 4,000 Allied servicemen to Britain during the Second World War. He describes how the escape lines began in the first dark days of German occupation and how, until the end of the war, thousands of ordinary men and women made their own contribution to the Allied victory by hiding and feeding men and guiding them to safety. Neave was the first British POW to make a "home run" from Colditz Castle. On his return, he joined M.I.9 adopting the code name "Saturday." He also served with the Nuremburg War Crimes Tribunal. Tragically Airey Neave's life was cut short by the IRA who assassinated him in 1979 when he was one of Margaret Thatcher's closest political allies.**Praise for __Saturday at M.I.9__****"There isn't a page in the book which isn't exciting in incident, wise in judgment, and absorbing through its human involvement." —__The Times Literary Supplement__ (UK)** The author of Flames of Calais details life in the top-secret department of Britain's War Office during World War II in this military memoir. Airey Neave, who in the last two years of the war was the chief organizer at M.I.9, gives his inside story of the underground escape lines in occupied North-West Europe, which returned over 4,000 Allied servicemen to Britain during the Second World War. He describes how the escape lines began in the first dark days of German occupation and how, until the end of the war, thousands of ordinary men and women made their own contribution to the Allied victory by hiding and feeding men and guiding them to safety. Neave was the first British POW to make a "home run" from Colditz Castle. On his return, he joined M.I.9 adopting the code name "Saturday." He also served with the Nuremburg War Crimes Tribunal. Tragically Airey Neave's life was cut short by the IRA who assassinated him in 1979 when he was one of Margaret Thatcher's closest political allies. Praise for Saturday at M.I.9 "There isn't a page in the book which isn't exciting in incident, wise in judgment, and absorbing through its human involvement." — The Times Literary Supplement (UK) ""Saturday at M.I.9" is the fascinating and hugely readable description of the escape lines which began in the first dark days of German occupation and how, until the end of the war, thousands of ordinary men and women made their own heroic contribution to the Allied victory by hiding and feeding pilots and escapees and guiding them to safety. Airey Neave, who was tragically assassinated by the IRA in 1979, had a remarkable war record. After becoming the first British officer to make a "home run" from Colditz Castle, he spent the last two years of the war as the chief organiser at M.I.9, the secret organisation masterminding underground escape lines in occupied North-West Europe which brought back to Britain over 4,000 Allied servicemen during World War Two. As a result Neave was uniquely qualified to write this definitive and vivid account of M.I.9's achievements ..."--Back cover Saturday at M.I.9 is the inside story of the underground escape lines in occupied North-West Europe which brought back to Britain over 4,000 Allied servicemen during World War Two. Airey Neave, who in the last two years of the war was the chief organiser at M.I.9 gives his own unique account. He describes how the escape lines began in the first dark days of German occupation and how, until the end of the war, thousands of ordinary men and women made their own contribution to the Allied victory by hiding and feeding men and guiding them to safety.""There isn't a page in the book which isn't exci