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** Another Canadian from Dieppe was captured. First, he escaped from the CATTLE TRAIN that was carrying Canadian prisoners by jumping out after ALMOST BEING SPOTTED several times, trekked all the way down to Vichy France, got on a British ship to Gibraltar, and from there a long hike back to Britain. That's right, this guy traversed in just a few days across France. Also, he went to help form the Brittany Escape Line, a very ballsy operation which smuggled downed airmen, escaped POW's, and espionage/spy agents, who managed to get out of France before the Gestapo caught them.
** Found it, the founder of the Brittany Escape Line (aka Shelburne Escape Line)'s name is Guy Hamilton.
*** It's one of the few Underground escape lines that evaded infiltration by the Gestapo.
* King Christian X of Denmark has several candidates. Unlike the other monarchs of his time and went into exile, he remained in Copenhagen, and officially voiced support of the government's position of cooperation, this served as a symbolic form of resistance to Nazi Germany. Several examples:
** During his daily horseback rides in the city, he would respond to greetings from his people - But made a point to ignore the German salutes that come his way. King Christian wasn't accompanized by a guard, and, according to legend, when asked about this by a Nazi officer, a little boy replied "All of Denmark is his bodyguard."
** Hitler sent him a birthday greeting, replying nothing more than "My best thanks, King Chr." It's like if Hitler had sent him a birthday phone call, and the king responded, "Yeah, thanks," and abruptly hang up. Christian's message outraged The Führer that he recalled the German ambassador and expelled the Danish ambassador from Germany.
*** The King also responded to Hitler's order of having Danish Jews wear a yellow star...by wearing one himself. All of Denmark promptly followed suit, and this made Hitler cancel his plan.
* Dutch Major Landzaat,
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