Description
During the Second World War, ten canoeists were sent to paddle one hundred miles up the Gironde estuary, in an attempt to sink German blockade ships in Bordeaux harbour. It was fully anticipated that all ten men would die in the attempt, but two canoeists managed to escape - Major 'Blondie' Hasler and Marine Bill Sparks stumbled into the arms of the French resistance. Once in their care, Hasler and Sparks made their way across France and into Spain, crossing the Pyrenees, unbeknown to them in the company of a Gestapo agent intent on bringing down the resistance network. Robert Lyman brings to life one of the most courageous and dramatic events to take place in the darkest days of the Second World War.