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On 3 October 1953, Five Young Men Armed With Four Pistols Crossed The Border From Czechoslovakia Into East Germany. Their Mission Was To Deliver An Explosive Secret Message From A Czechoslovak General To U.s. Authorities At All Costs. The Journey Was To Take Three Days, And Their Ultimate Objective Was To Join The U.s. Army Special Forces, Then Return To Liberate Their Country. What Ensued Was The Largest Manhunt Of The Cold War. This Book Tells The Story Of Their Plight As Thousands Of East German And Soviet Troops Chased Them Across Swampland, Forests, And Fields For Thirty-one Days. After Surviving Several Pitched Gun Battles, Gunshot Wounds, Starvation, And The Bitter Cold, Three Finally Reached West Berlin. Prior To Their Escape, They Had Formed The Nucleus Of An Anti-communist Resistance Group, Inspired By The Testament Of Celebrated World War Ii Resistance Leader, Czech General Josef Masin, Father To Two Of The Young Men And Grandfather To The Author Of This Book. As She Was Growing Up, Barbara Masin Heard Parts Of This Story. Eager To Learn More, She Began To Investigate. The Result Of Her Efforts Is This Thriller, Which Makes Use Of Eyewitness Interviews And Extensive Arch

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Author

Barbara Masin

Publisher

US Naval Institute Press; Naval Institute Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781591145158

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Adventure, History

Rating

4.5 / 5 (16 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14