ESCAPE FROM HOLLAND
THE GERMANS ARE COMING
Just before dawn on May 10, 1940, German parachute troops rain down on Holland. Watching them from his home on the Dutch coast is former international footballer Billy Marsden. It is ten years to the day since the Germans saved his life in a Berlin hospital after he suffered a devastating and career ending spina
THE GERMANS ARE COMING
Just before dawn on May 10, 1940, German parachute troops rain down on Holland. Watching them from his home on the Dutch coast is former international footballer Billy Marsden. It is ten years to the day since the Germans saved his life in a Berlin hospital after he suffered a devastating and career ending spinal injury while playing for England – but now it is the German invasion of Holland that is putting his life in jeopardy.
DOGFIGHTS OVER THE HAGUE
In The Hague, Margot Fonteyn and the Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company watch the dogfights from the roof of their hotel.
In Amsterdam British journalist David Woodward and his American wife, NBC war correspondent Margaret Rupli, are trying file the story of the invasion, while young British Vice-Consul, Peers Carter,
DOGFIGHTS OVER THE HAGUE
In The Hague, Margot Fonteyn and the Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company watch the dogfights from the roof of their hotel.
In Amsterdam British journalist David Woodward and his American wife, NBC war correspondent Margaret Rupli, are trying file the story of the invasion, while young British Vice-Consul, Peers Carter, is attempting to organise an evacuation just eight months into his diplomatic career.
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Just before dawn on May 10, 1940, German parachute rain down on Holland. Watching them from his home on the Dutch coast is former international footballer Billy Marsden. It is ten years to the day since the Germans saved his life in a Berlin hospital after he suffered a devastating and career ending spinal injury while playing for Engla
Just before dawn on May 10, 1940, German parachute rain down on Holland. Watching them from his home on the Dutch coast is former international footballer Billy Marsden. It is ten years to the day since the Germans saved his life in a Berlin hospital after he suffered a devastating and career ending spinal injury while playing for England – but now it is the German invasion of Holland that is putting his life in jeopardy.
In The Hague, Margot Fonteyn and the Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company watch the dogfights from the roof of their hotel. In Amsterdam News Chronicle journalist David Woodward and his American wife, NBC war correspondent Margaret Rupli, are trying file the story of the invasion, while young British Vice-Consul Peers Carter is attempting to organise an evacuation just eight months into his diplomatic career. In nearby Haarlem, Bob Glendenning, the manager of the Dutch national team, is one of several British football coaches looking for a way to flee the country.
Set across one weekend in May 1940, this is the gripping story of how all these people came together, along with three million pounds worth of industrial diamonds, to escape on the last official boatload of British evacuees out of the Netherlands before the country capitulated.
This is not just the tale of their escape, but the story of why these fascinating characters were in Holland to begin with. A few of them were well known at the time and others made their names later, such as the photographer who became an Oscar nominated cinematographer, the journalist who inspired the creation of James Bond, and the dancer who portrayed Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s iconic Child Catcher.
This previously untold story is being written with the help of some of those who were there, archive government reports and documents, period accounts and unpublished autobiographies supplied by the families of those involved.
THE GERMANS ARE COMING
Just before dawn on May 10, 1940, German parachute troops rain down on Holland. Watching them from his home on the Dutch coast is former international footballer Billy Marsden. It is ten years to the day since the Germans saved his life in a Berlin hospital after he suffered a devastating and career ending spinal injury while playing for England – but now it is the German invasion of Holland that is putting his life in jeopardy.
DOGFIGHTS IN THE HAGUE
In The Hague, Margot Fonteyn and the Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company watch the dogfights from the roof of their hotel.
In Amsterdam British journalist David Woodward and his American wife, NBC war correspondent Margaret Rupli, are trying file the story of the invasion, while young British Vice-Consul, Peers Carter, is attempting to organise an evacuation just eight months into his diplomatic career.
Historical Adventure
Just before dawn on May 10, 1940, German parachute rain down on Holland. Watching them from his home on the Dutch coast is former international footballer Billy Marsden. It is ten years to the day since the Germans saved his life in a Berlin hospital after he suffered a devastating and career ending spinal injury while playing for England – but now it is the German invasion of Holland that is putting his life in jeopardy.
In The Hague, Margot Fonteyn and the Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company watch the dogfights from the roof of their hotel. In Amsterdam News Chronicle journalist David Woodward and his American wife, NBC war correspondent Margaret Rupli, are trying file the story of the invasion, while young British Vice-Consul Peers Carter is attempting to organise an evacuation just eight months into his diplomatic career. In nearby Haarlem, Bob Glendenning, the manager of the Dutch national team, is one of several British football coaches looking for a way to flee the country.
Set across one weekend in May 1940, this is the gripping story of how all these people came together, along with three million pounds worth of industrial diamonds, to escape on the last official boatload of British evacuees out of the Netherlands before the country capitulated.
This is not just the tale of their escape, but the story of why these fascinating characters were in Holland to begin with. A few of them were well known at the time and others made their names later, such as the photographer who became an Oscar nominated cinematographer, the journalist who inspired the creation of James Bond, and the dancer who portrayed Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s iconic Child Catcher.
This previously untold story is being written with the help of some of those who were there, archive government reports and documents, period accounts and unpublished autobiographies supplied by the families of those involved.
Just before dawn on May 10, 1940, German parachute rain down on Holland. Watching them from his home on the Dutch coast is former international footballer Billy Marsden. It is ten years to the day since the Germans saved his life in a Berlin hospital after he suffered a devastating and career ending spinal injury while playing for England – but now it is the German invasion of Holland that is putting his life in jeopardy.
In The Hague, Margot Fonteyn and the Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company watch the dogfights from the roof of their hotel. In Amsterdam News Chronicle journalist David Woodward and his American wife, NBC war correspondent Margaret Rupli, are trying file the story of the invasion, while young British Vice-Consul Peers Carter is attempting to organise an evacuation just eight months into his diplomatic career. In nearby Haarlem, Bob Glendenning, the manager of the Dutch national team, is one of several British football coaches looking for a way to flee the country.
Set across one weekend in May 1940, this is the gripping story of how all these people came together, along with three million pounds worth of industrial diamonds, to escape on the last official boatload of British evacuees out of the Netherlands before the country capitulated.
This is not just the tale of their escape, but the story of why these fascinating characters were in Holland to begin with. A few of them were well known at the time and others made their names later, such as the photographer who became an Oscar nominated cinematographer, the journalist who inspired the creation of James Bond, and the dancer who portrayed Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s iconic Child Catcher.
This previously untold story is being written with the help of some of those who were there, archive government reports and documents, period accounts and unpublished autobiographies supplied by the families of those involved.
Just before dawn on May 10, 1940, German parachute rain down on Holland. Watching them from his home on the Dutch coast is former international footballer Billy Marsden. It is ten years to the day since the Germans saved his life in a Berlin hospital after he suffered a devastating and career ending spinal injury while playing for England – but now it is the German invasion of Holland that is putting his life in jeopardy.
In The Hague, Margot Fonteyn and the Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company watch the dogfights from the roof of their hotel. In Amsterdam News Chronicle journalist David Woodward and his American wife, NBC war correspondent Margaret Rupli, are trying file the story of the invasion, while young British Vice-Consul Peers Carter is attempting to organise an evacuation just eight months into his diplomatic career. In nearby Haarlem, Bob Glendenning, the manager of the Dutch national team, is one of several British football coaches looking for a way to flee the country.
Set across one weekend in May 1940, this is the gripping story of how all these people came together, along with three million pounds worth of industrial diamonds, to escape on the last official boatload of British evacuees out of the Netherlands before the country capitulated.
This is not just the tale of their escape, but the story of why these fascinating characters were in Holland to begin with. A few of them were well known at the time and others made their names later, such as the photographer who became an Oscar nominated cinematographer, the journalist who inspired the creation of James Bond, and the dancer who portrayed Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s iconic Child Catcher.
This previously untold story is being written with the help of some of those who were there, archive government reports and documents, period accounts and unpublished autobiographies supplied by the families of those involved.
Historical Adventure
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