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"The Lost in War Affair" for the WRITER'S AND READER'S CHOICE!
We're coming up on the 55th Anniversary of the MFU first airing and Section VII has something planned in horor of that, namely "The Long Affair Challenge". Glenna will be posting further details.
"The Lost in War Affair" was written for the big 50th Anniversary Writing Challenge on AO3. The illustrations for the story were done by none other than Glennagirl. Posting it here for the WC is sort of a warm up for the Long Affair Challenge.
Summary: Napoleon and Illya, on separate assignments, become caught up in the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact forces. They must complete their respective missions and escape, or risk being arrested for espionage. They become caught up in history-making events unfolding around them.
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An interesting side note: According to Wikipedia: Robert Vaughn as well as the cast and crew of the movie "The Bridge at Remagen" were filming in Czechoslovakia at the time of the invasion. Filming had to halt and the bulk of the cast and crew were struck in the International Hotel in Prague.
Some cast and crew, including Shirley Temple Black, left in a 400-car convoy which took them to Pilsen and then to Nuremberg. A few hours later 79 remaining cast and crew memberst escaped in a 20-car caravan driven by Czechs. They travelled to Gmud in Austria, one hour before the border was closed. after which they travelled to Vienna.
"The Lost in War Affair" was written for the big 50th Anniversary Writing Challenge on AO3. The illustrations for the story were done by none other than Glennagirl. Posting it here for the WC is sort of a warm up for the Long Affair Challenge.
Summary: Napoleon and Illya, on separate assignments, become caught up in the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact forces. They must complete their respective missions and escape, or risk being arrested for espionage. They become caught up in history-making events unfolding around them.
CLICK ON THE PIC TO TAKE YOU TO AO3:
An interesting side note: According to Wikipedia: Robert Vaughn as well as the cast and crew of the movie "The Bridge at Remagen" were filming in Czechoslovakia at the time of the invasion. Filming had to halt and the bulk of the cast and crew were struck in the International Hotel in Prague.
Some cast and crew, including Shirley Temple Black, left in a 400-car convoy which took them to Pilsen and then to Nuremberg. A few hours later 79 remaining cast and crew memberst escaped in a 20-car caravan driven by Czechs. They travelled to Gmud in Austria, one hour before the border was closed. after which they travelled to Vienna.
Items left behind included many personal possessions, the last five days' worth of filming and $1 million worth of equipment, including eight tanks and four cameras of unprocessed film. "It was just like an adventure movie," said Bradford Dillman, "except the tragedy was real."