During World War II it had two principal tasks: assisting in the escape of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) held by the Axis countries, especially Nazi Germany; and helping Allied military …

M.I.9 stands for Military Intelligence, Section 9, and was an ingenious branch of Second World War military intelligence, tasked with assisting evaders and escapers. Established on 23 …

MI9 is best known for the daring exploits of escape and evasion by soldiers and airmen in the Second World War. New research uncovered in declassified files by Eye Spy associate editor …

MI9 was established on 23 December 1939 as a new branch of British intelligence to provide escape and evasion support, and to facilitate the return of British prisoners of war and others …

Neutral Spain and Portugal were to be key to freedom for many escapers and evaders with the establishment of the first formal MI9 escape line via Gibraltar in the summer of 1940. Claude …

2018年4月14日 · During WWII, thousands of combatants were taken prisoner by their opponents. To help Allied troops who had been captured and to get the best possible advantage from any …

The clandestine techniques of MI9 enabled hundreds of British and Allied forces to return to Britain through the escape and evasion lines that criss-crossed occupied Europe. Critical to …

These are British and Commonwealth escapers and evaders listed by their MI9 report numbers.

Two days before Christmas 1939 a new branch of Military Intelligence, MI9, was established. Its charter was to advise combat personnel on how to evade capture, how to behave when a …