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pp. 330, black and white photographs. “During the Second World War, Canadians found themselves behind enemy lines in Europe and Asia. Many were airmen who had been shot down, but almost one hundred Canadians volunteered to go on hazardous assignments amidst the enemy. Two secret British services requested Canadian volunteers who could pass as natives in an occupied country, and who were ready to risk their lives in assisting local resistance groups in sabotage and ambush or in smuggling Allied airmen out of occupied Europe and Asia. Operating in disguise in France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Burma, Malaya and Sarawak, these Canadians helped to make the brutal and unrelenting warfare of the underground a potent weapon in the Allied arsenal. Their unique contribution to ultimate victory has seldom been recognized.”, previous owners inscription on title page