Contents

Introduction

COURAGE

1. Edward Seager: One of the 600, Balaclava, 1854

2. Joshua Chamberlain: Professor and American Civil War Commander, 1862-5

3. Private Johnson Beharry VC: Firefight in Iraq, 2004

MESSENGERS

4. Paul Revere: Revolutionary Messenger, 1775

5. Laura Secord: Niagara Heroine, 1812-13

6. Harry Percy: Percy's Purse, Waterloo, 1815

SPECIAL FORCES

7. Krystyna Skarbek: Spy, Saboteur and Enchantress, 1939-45

8. Mike Sadler: SAS Driver and Navigator, 1941-5

9. Corran Purdon: Commando in 'the greatest ever raid', St Nazaire, 1942

SPIES AND INTELLIGENCE

10. Benedict Arnold: America's Greatest Turncoat, US War of Independence, 1775-81

11. Sonya: Spying for China and Russia, 1930-50

12. Ursula Graham Bower: Guerrilla Queen, Nagaland, 1942-5

COUPLES

13. Sir Robert and Lady Sale: Terror in Afghanistan, 1841-2

14. Harry and Juana Smith: From Badajoz to Waterloo, 1812-15

15. Helen and Edward Thomas: The Last Goodbye, 1917
INNOVATION

16. Alexis Soyer: Celebrity Chef, Crimean War, 1855-6

17. Dr Norman Bethune: Pugnacious Medical Genius, 1936-9

MEDICINE

18. Magdalene de Lancey: Nursing a Dying Husband, Waterloo, 1815

19. Sumner Jackson: An American in Paris, 1940-4

20. Augusta Chiwy: Forgotten Angel of Bastogne 1944-5

WAR AT SEA

21. John Bulkeley: The Wreck of the Wager, 1741

22. Martin Nasmith: Submariner on the Rampage, Gallipoli, 1915

23. Charles Lightoller: From the Titanic to Dunkirk, 1912-40

WAR IN THE AIR

24. Billy Bishop: Canadian Fighter Pilot, 1915-18

25. Butch O'Hare: Second World War Ace, 1941-3

ESCAPES

26. Franz von Werra: Luftwaffe Escapee in UK and Canada, 1940-1

27. Eric Newby: Escape in Italy, the Fugitive with a Sense of Humour, 1943

28. Ahmad Terkawi: Flight from Syria, 2012-15

COMPASSION

29. Mary Borden: Nurse and Novelist, 1914-18 and 1939-45

30. John Rabe: The Living Buddha of Nanking, 1937-8

31. Nicholas Winton: Children's Saviour, 1939

Acknowledgements Illustration Credits Notes and Sources Index

War Stories is a fascinating account of ordinary men and women swept up in the turbulence of war. These are the stories - many untold until now - of thirty-four individuals who have pushed the boundaries of love, bravery, suffering and terror beyond the imaginable. They span three centuries and five continents. There is the courage of Edward Seagar who survived the Charge of the Light Brigade; the cunning of Krystyna Skarbek, quick-thinking spy and saboteur during the Second World War; the skullduggery of Benedict Arnold, who switched sides in the American War of Independence and the compassion of Magdalene de Lancey who tenderly nursed her dying husband at Waterloo. Told with vivid narrative flair and full of unexpected insights, War Stories moves effortlessly from tales of spies, escapes and innovation to uplifting acts of humanity, celebrating men and women whose wartime experiences are beyond compare
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