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ESCAPE EVASION LINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
CONT

A march from Ziburu to Errenteria remembered this month the Basque members of the Second World War's anti-German escape and evasion line known as Comète. Comète, created in Belgium, helped soldiers who had been left behind in France when the British evacuated from Dunkirk and also airmen whose aircraft had crashed in Belgium evading the Germans, and tried to return them to their countries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
CONT

L'opération Bonaparte [...] c'est une filière d'évasion pour les aviateurs alliés abattus en Europe du Nord et pour les agents secrets en difficulté.

Spanish

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