Eleven Months to Freedom

A German POW's Unlikely Escape from Siberia in 1915

Dwight R. Messimer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2016
Naval Institute Press (Verlag)
978-1-68247-065-7 (ISBN)

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Eleven Months to Freedom recounts the daring World War I escape of Germanmidshipman Erich Killinger. Falsely accused of bombing a railway station aftercrashing his plane at sea, he was sentenced to life in the Sakhalin coal mines.Shipped by rail with several other POWs across Russia, Killinger wasdetermined to return home. In order to do this, though, he needed to jumpfrom the train, cross Siberia, and make it to a German-run escape pipeline inChina—all while braving bandits, subzero temperatures, threats of starvation,the risk of capture by Japanese and Russian troops, and possible internmentby the Chinese. Once he made it to China, Killinger used money and fakeidentity papers to survive along the 800 miles to Shanghai.

Improbably playing the role of a dashing French blade, Killinger lived the highlife on one ship, then later served as a humble deckhand on another. Riskingdiscovery by the British, he made a bold and risky move as his finaldestination neared.

Dwight R. Messimer is a U.S. Army veteran and former lecturer in history atCalifornia State University San Jose, USA. His most recent book is The BaltimoreSabotage Cell: German Agents, American Traitors and the U-boat Deutschland duringWorld War I. He resides in Northern California, USA.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.12.2016
Verlagsort	Annopolis
Sprache	englisch
Maße	149 x 231 mm
Gewicht	508 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-68247-065-2 / 1682470652
ISBN-13	978-1-68247-065-7 / 9781682470657
Zustand	Neuware