Viewing Entry - The great escape (E15475) by Brickhill, Paul.
Available Formats
Playing time for epub/audio formats : 7 hours 36 minutes
Overview
Title
The great escape
Author / Responsible party
Brickhill, Paul.
Collection
Nonfiction
Genre
Autobiography, History.
Topics
Autobiography, History. Stalag Luft III. World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British. World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German. Escapes -- Poland -- Żagań. Prisoners of war -- Poland -- Żagań -- Biography.
Restrictions
Yes
Intended Audience
Adult
Publisher
VisAbility Ltd.
Published
2021
Summary
They were American and British air force officers in a German prison camp. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, forged passports, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from German surveillance.
It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. It demanded the concentrated devotion and vigilance of more than six hundred men—every one of them, every minute, every hour, every day and night for more than a year.
Made into the classic 1963 war film of the same name starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough.
