The true story of Alec le Vernoy who, at the outbreak of war was a young medical student in Paris. He relates his experiences of campaigns in France, Tunisia, Egypt and Germany, being captured four times and escaping four times - once from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He joined the Resistance harrying German occupation forces and, following D-Day, he was appointed commander of an area of South-West France. Demobbed in 1945 as Captain in the Marines Paratroop Commando, he was awarded 14 decorations including the Legion of Honour.
