From Calais to Colditz: A Rifleman's Memoir of Captivity and Escape

An autobiography by a British army soldier in which he provides intimate details of his capture, survival and escape from prison camps during WWII.
From Calais to Colditz has never been published before but readers will surely agree that the wait has been worthwhile. Author Philip Pardoe was a young platoon commander when his battalion were ordered by Prime Minister Winston Churchill to defend Calais to the last man and so distract German attention from the evacuation of the British Expedit...