How Millions Of Secret Silk Maps Helped POWs Escape Their Captors in WWII

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How Millions Of Secret Silk Maps Helped POWs Escape Their Captors in WWII

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Excellent Reads@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year ago

The ingenious maps played a role in some 750 successful escapes.

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