Lt. Alastair Cram Part 2 (With Special Guest Prof David Guss)

Lt. Alastair Cram Part 2 (With Special Guest Prof David Guss)

This week's episode is the conclusion of our conversation with Prof. David Guss, author of "The 21 Escapes of Lt. Alastair Cram".

In part 1 we covered Alastair's capture and first few escape attempts, we pick up this episode with Alastair having just arrived at Gavi, the "Italian Colditz".

For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of POW escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by History Nerd @DaveMcRobbo and Tech Geek @DaveHarrysson and each episode we look at a new POW escapee and the story behind how they were captured and what their lives were like in the POW camps.

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