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Eleven months to freedom : a German POW's unlikely escape from Siberia in 1915 / Dwight R. Messimer.
Author
Messimer, Dwight R., 1937-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2016]
©2016
Description
ix, 196 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
D627.R8 M38 2016
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Killinger, Erich 1893-1977
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Germany Kriegsmarine
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Officers
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Biography
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Germany Luftwaffe
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Officers
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Biography
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Prisoners of war
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Germany
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Biography
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Prisoners of war
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Russia
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Biography
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World War, 1914-1918
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Prisoners and prisons, Russian
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Escapes
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History
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20th century
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Military interrogation
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Germany
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Oberursel
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World War, 1939-1945
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Prisoners and prisons, German
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Voyages around the world
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Summary note
"This book is about the eleven-month odyssey of German midshipman Erich Killinger who was captured by Russia at the start of World War I. Killinger escaped the Russian POW train in Siberia, fled to China, and passed through a series of German consulates and safe houses to Shanghai. Given fake identity papers, Killinger traveled in style by ship and rail from Shanghai to Skien, Norway, via the United States. He crossed the Atlantic as a deck hand and ultimately reached Skein, Norway safely. He arrived back in Germany on 6 March 1916--eleven months after being captured."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182) and index.
Contents
Comparative ranks in the U.S. Navy and the Imperial German Navy in World War I
Erich Killinger
Erich goes to war
Captured
The first escape attempt
Prison
Transported east
Escape
Evasion
The escape pipeline
Transpacific
Transcontinental USA
Transatlantic
Germany
War criminal.
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11 months to freedom
ISBN
9781682470657 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
1682470652 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2016015616
OCLC
945885082
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