Unlikely Soldiers

How Two Canadians Fought the Secret War Against Nazi Occupation

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Canada
Cover of the book Unlikely Soldiers by Jonathan Vance, Phyllis Bruce Books
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Author: Jonathan Vance ISBN: 9781443403269
Publisher: Phyllis Bruce Books Publication: June 21, 2011
Imprint: Phyllis Bruce Books Language: English
Author: Jonathan Vance
ISBN: 9781443403269
Publisher: Phyllis Bruce Books
Publication: June 21, 2011
Imprint: Phyllis Bruce Books
Language: English

Published to rave reviews, this is the never-before-told story of two brilliant young Canadians who became unlikely soldiers. Ken Macalister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford. Frank Pickersgill was a doctoral student in classics at l’Université de Paris. Together, they volunteered for the British SOE and soon found themselves being trained to kill. On June 15, 1943, with false identities, they parachuted into the Rhone Valley, but there were double agents within the Resistance; too soon Macalister and Pickersgill were captured, tortured and put on a train for Germany.

Vance has written a brilliant, heartbreaking book about heroism, betrayal and sacrifice, capturing the promise of a generation of young men who went to their deaths for a greater cause.

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Published to rave reviews, this is the never-before-told story of two brilliant young Canadians who became unlikely soldiers. Ken Macalister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford. Frank Pickersgill was a doctoral student in classics at l’Université de Paris. Together, they volunteered for the British SOE and soon found themselves being trained to kill. On June 15, 1943, with false identities, they parachuted into the Rhone Valley, but there were double agents within the Resistance; too soon Macalister and Pickersgill were captured, tortured and put on a train for Germany.

Vance has written a brilliant, heartbreaking book about heroism, betrayal and sacrifice, capturing the promise of a generation of young men who went to their deaths for a greater cause.

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