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Publications by Airey Neave
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The defence of Calais in late May 1940 remains one of the most
striking examples of selfless courage and sacrifice. With the
German Army looking certain to cut off the British Expeditionary
Force's escape from Dunkirk, Winston Churchill in one of his
first actions as Prime Minister ordered 29 Brigade across the
Channel as a desperate diversionary measure and so save the
BEF from wholesale annihilation and capture. The brigade made
up of elite battalions of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, Rifle
Brigade and Queen Victoria Rifles, had orders not to evacuate
or surrender. Indeed a number were close friends of Churchill's
which made his decision all the harder. With the benefit of
hindsight, it remains debatable whether the Calais operation
was necessary but, be that as it may, there is no doubt that
the troops involved acquitted themselves with great honour
despite the odds being stacked against them from the outset.
Casualties were extremely heavy and many men of great potential
were either lost or denied the opportunity to take any further
part in the war due to their becoming prisoners of war. Airey
Neave, then a young Gunner officer, who fought in the battle,
was wounded and captured at Calais (see the Biographical Note
on the back flap). In the post-war years he wrote Flames of
Calais, the definitive account of the battle which has stood
the test of time thanks to the Author¹s
detailed first-hand knowledge and lively yet authoritative
style.
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They Have Their Exits stands in the premier division of military
memoirs, and not just of the Second World War. Not only were
Airey Neave's wartime experiences of an extraordinary breadth,
but he had the literary ability to record them. Wounded and
captured at Calais in May 1940, Second Lieutenant Neave wasted
little time before attempting to escape. Always a thorn in
his captors'
sides, he earned his place in the 'escape-proof' Colditz Castle. Undeterred he
had the distinction of being the first British officer to make a home-run, via
Switzerland, Vichy France and Spain. Soon back in France working with the French
Resistance as a member of MI9, rescuing Allied airmen, he found himself playing
a leading role saving stranded survivors of 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem.
Neave's extraordinary memoir continues even after Germany's surrender. Having
arrested the directors of the mighty Krupp empire, he served with the Nuremburg
War Crimes Tribunal where he came into personal contact with leading Nazis, gaining
a unique insight into their characters and deeds. If ever there was a great and
true story well told, it is They Have Their Exits. Reprinted once again it is
a fitting memorial to a man of exceptional energy, initiative and courage.
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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 exciting
in incident, wise in judgment, and absorbing through its
human involvement." Times
Literary Supplement.
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