Complex sentence: Drafted during the Phoney War, he was taken prisoner by the Germans, but managed to escape and fled to Brittany-where he established links with the PCF and its regional leader Auguste Havez.
Split into simpler sentences: Drafted during the Phoney War, he was taken prisoner by the Nazis, but managed to escape. He fled to Brittany, where he established contact with the PCF and its regional leader, Auguste Havez.