The Great Escape - George Wiley

About this episode

The episode discusses the life of George Wiley, one of the youngest Great Escapers during the Second World War, featuring insights from historian Jean-Michel Turcotte.

George Wiley was one of the youngest Great Escapers, just 22 when he escape, having required his father to sign his enlistment papers. Jean-Michel Turcotte, a Canadian POW historian, joined us to tell us more about Wiley's life. For You The War Is Over is a podcast, hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, which looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War. If you would like to follow us on Twitter we can be found  @FYTWIO  we can also be found on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/FYTWIO/  or if you would prefer to send a more long form message we can also be reached via email at FYTWIOpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Robertson, Tony Hoskins

Guest: Jean-Michel Turcotte

Topics covered

• Prisoner-of-War escapes
• Second World War
• historical biography
• military history
• Canadian history

Keywords

• George Wiley
• Great Escape
• Prisoner-of-War
• Jean-Michel Turcotte
• Second World War
• military history
• escape stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: For You The War Is Over, Acast

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