Description
The famous story of mass escape from a WWII German PoW camp that inspired the classic film.
One of the most famous true stories from the last war, The GREAT ESCAPE tells how more than six hundred men in a German prisoner-of-war camp worked together to achieve an extraordinary break-out. Every night for a year they dug tunnels, and those who weren't digging forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes to wear once they had escaped. All of this was conducted under the very noses of their prison guards. When the right night came, the actual escape itself was timed to the split second - but of course, not everything went according to plan...
The famous story of mass escape from a WWII German PoW camp that inspired the classic film.
About the Author
During the war Paul Brickhill was shot down over German territory and sent to a prisoner of war camp. After the war he wrote about the numerous escape attempts in which he was involved in THE GREAT ESCAPE. REACH FOR THE SKY, and THE DAMBUSTERS RAID are his most famous works.
Reviews
One of the great true stories of the war, and one of the great escape narratives of all time * SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE *
A tense, thrilling, fabulous tale * PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER *
Book Information
ISBN 9780304356874
Author Paul Brickhill
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Cassell Military
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 230g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 20mm
