Title: Escape from Villingen, 1918
Description: "In Escape from Villingen, 1918, Dwight R. Messimer tells the story of the unusual mass escape from the German military prison at Villingen. A total of 4,480 Americans were captured by the Germans during the war. Of that number, forty-four made at least one escape attempt. Thirteen of them attempted the escape from Villingen on October 6, 1918. Only three were not recaptured - half the total number of successful escapes made by Americans during the entire war."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Escapes, German Prisoners and prisons, History, Military History, World War, 1914-1918, Germany, history, military, World war, 1914-1918, prisoners and prisons, Europe, history, 1918-1945
Places: Villingen-Schwenningen (Germany)
Time periods: 20th century