From the Soviet Gulag to Arnhem

As featured on TV. The incredible true story of a teenage boy’s perilous journey around the world during World War Two.“A tale of determination and triumph” – Kay Burley, Sky NewsStan was aged 15 when war broke out. Over a period of 5 years, he dodged death as he travelled thousands of kilometres from Poland to the UK, via Soviet gulags, Uzbekistan, the Middle East and India. He then trained as a paratrooper in Scotland. He met a local girl and was going to get married, but had to leave her behi