The Real Great Escape
$33.79
- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2014
Summary
The definitive study on this world-famous escape adventure.
In early 1942, the Germans opened a top-security prisoner-of-war camp in occupied Poland for captured Allied airmen. Called Stalag Luft III, the camp soon came to contain some of the most inventive escapers ever known. They were led by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, code-named ‘Big X’, who masterminded an attempt to smuggle hundreds of POWs down a tunnel built right under the noses of their guards.
The escape would co…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553826111 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0553826115 |
| Author: | Guy Walters |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 402g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 37mm |
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Guy Walters strips away the myths to reveal the real story behind the film and finds the truth to be no less thrilling. This is utterly compelling and once again shows there is no better investigator in this field. * James Holland *
About The Author
Guy Walters
Guy Walters is the author of several books on the Second World War, including Hunting Evil. A former journalist on The Times, he writes widely on historical topics for the national press. He lives in Wiltshire with his wife, the author Annabel Venning, and their two children.
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