tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737903099642089452.post4341399023142196268..comments2024-03-12T13:28:53.733+00:00Comments on The Escape Line: Colditz - The Peter Allan Escape Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204149912245253542noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737903099642089452.post-79920655422845454012022-09-28T12:28:10.090+01:002022-09-28T12:28:10.090+01:00Peter “Jock” Allan was a thorough gentleman and an...Peter “Jock” Allan was a thorough gentleman and an wonderful man - he told the story with a little more colour but like most of his generation didn’t big himself up. Rest in peace Peter Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737903099642089452.post-89121336793636661662021-12-23T12:52:15.850+00:002021-12-23T12:52:15.850+00:00As this point, Great Britain was fighting fascism ...As this point, Great Britain was fighting fascism on its own! These great men continued the struggle of wills 'behind enemy lines', and it is interesting to see the betrayal in the US attitude. However, Peter Allan may have dodged a bullet as around six weeks later, Hitler invaded the USSR and Hungary was a willing participant! The Vatican collaborated with fascism before, during and after WWII (assisting Nazi War Criminals to escape Europe) - and 'Catholic' Hungarian troops were brutal in the USSR! Peter Allan may well had been 'shot' if he had made to Hungary! Oddly, PR Reid in 'The Colditz Story' states that Peter Allan was heading to Poland - but this must be incorrect as Poland was occupied at the time by the very Nazi Germans Peter Allan was attempting to escape from!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737903099642089452.post-78224608589739048582015-04-27T18:11:52.398+01:002015-04-27T18:11:52.398+01:00Thanks for your comments Maria. Yes, it was such a...Thanks for your comments Maria. Yes, it was such a pity that Peter Allan didn't quite make it after such a great piece of opportunism. I think that if he had been in better shape, he might have stuck with 'destination Switzerland' instead of turning towards Austria. The mattress escape attempt was typical of so many of the men in Colditz. (get out of the castle and worry about the next phase after that) Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15204149912245253542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737903099642089452.post-90564122412037380612015-04-27T08:32:08.377+01:002015-04-27T08:32:08.377+01:00Reading about Peter's escape sent shivers down...Reading about Peter's escape sent shivers down my spine. I can't believe anyone would hide inside a mattress not knowing if they were going to be suffocated, or where they might end up. <br />So sad to read the man had to give himself up too - how dreadful after the effort involved. Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05322234219197041788noreply@blogger.com