The Greatest Escape
A gripping story of wartime courage and adventure
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2022
Summary
The gripping, vividly told story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War - organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist and an American spy.
In August 1944 the most successful POW escape of the Second World War took place - 106 Allied prisoners were freed from a camp in Maribor, in present-day Slovenia. The escape was organized not by officers, but by two ordinary soldiers: Australian Ralph Churches (a bank clerk before the war) and Londoner Les Laws (a jazz…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529060348 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529060346 |
| Author: | Neil Churches |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 494g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 153mm x 31mm |
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About The Author
Neil Churches
Neil Churches is the son of Ralph Churches, and grew up hearing his father’s stories of the Second World War. He always felt his father was leaving things out and was determined to find out what really happened, his researches uncovering a story of espionage Ralph was ordered to keep secret. Neil lives in Melbourne, Australia. The Greatest Escape is his first book.
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