It takes the average reader 2 hours and 36 minutes to read Escape from England by Gunther Plüschow
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In either World War, only one German escaped from mainland Britain: Gunther Pluschow. Escape From England tells his story - and of his previous escape halfway round the world to get back to Europe. account of the siege of Tsingtao (Germany's Chinese enclave), describes possibly the first aerial combat of WW1 and finally tells of the British Home Front in 1915 (as seen through German eyes ). (similar to Hong Kong). Japan declared war on Germany in 1914 and besieged the colony. Pluschow flew reconnaissance missions until Tsingtao fell, when he escaped to China. He escaped from internment and caught a ship to San Francisco, travelled overland across the USA and caught another ship to Europe. luck ran out. The ship was stopped by the British at Gibraltar and Pluschow was captured again, from where he was taken to England. It was then that he made his daring escape. streets of London. Whilst waiting to try and stowaway on a neutral vessel, he was nearly press-ganged into being recruited for the British Army, which would have been irony indeed. Pluschow's narrative of the little-known siege of Tsingtao. During his reconnaissance sorties, he was unofficially credited with shooting down a Maurice Farman aircraft - an aviation first. Escape from England at last brings this remarkable man's stories back into press. It has been too long in coming.
Escape from England by Gunther Plüschow is 154 pages long, and a total of 39,116 words.
This makes it 52% the length of the average book. It also has 48% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Escape from England aloud.
Escape from England is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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