The Great Épinal Escape (Special Guest: Ghee Bowman)

The Great Épinal Escape (Special Guest: Ghee Bowman)

We are delighted to be joined by Ghee Bowman to discuss his new book "The Great Épinal Escape", and the amazing tale of the mass breakout from a camp in Épinal by hundreds of Indian servicemen. It is an absolutely incredible story!

Ghee Bowman's book is available to purchase here: https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-great-epinal-escape/

For You The War Is Over is a podcast, hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, which looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War.

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The Great Escape - Bedrich Dvorak

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