A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II - the rescue of American and British POWs behind enemy lines in the Philippines.
All of the conflicts and challenges in the Middle East are rooted in the arrangements, unities, and divisions imposed by the Allies after the First World War.
In this compelling work of history, Ryan narrates the Allied effort to end the war in Europe in 1944 by dropping the combined airborne forces of the American and British armies behind German lines.