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The story of Joseph Beyrle needs to be made into a movie
Forced to jump too low on D-Day he lost contact w his troops, performed some sabotage and is captured. He escapes a POW camp but by accident takes a train to Berlin where he is captured again
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Be…
Forced to jump too low on D-Day he lost contact w his troops, performed some sabotage and is captured. He escapes a POW camp but by accident takes a train to Berlin where he is captured again
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Be…
He then escapes AGAIN, goes east, and hitches up and finds the only Soviet female battalion commander, who somehow believes his story and he then joins up with the Soviets fighting on the Eastern Front.
He's then wounded and gets a visit from Zhukov, who is apparently baffled.
He's then wounded and gets a visit from Zhukov, who is apparently baffled.
He gets to Moscow in Feb 1945 only to learn that he was deemed KIA on D-Day in June 1944 and the Soviets put him under an armed guard until they use fingerprints to determine he is who he is.
He then goes back home in April of 1945
Wow.
He then goes back home in April of 1945
Wow.
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