The great escape
By: Paul Brickhill
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Isis; Isis Large Print; ISIS Large Print Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780753156889; 9780753156872
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; German Prisoners and prisons; British Personal narratives; Prisons; Stalag Luft III
Description: The famous story of mass escape from a WWII German PoW camp that inspired the classic filmOne 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. Those who weren't digging forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons or 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.
Notes: Adult.