The Great Escape

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ISBN-10:

0304362387

ISBN-13:

9780304362387

Author(s): BRICKHILL, Paul
Edition: n.e.
Released: Jan 01, 2001
Publisher: Cassell & Co.
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
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Description:

One 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, and those who weren't digging forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons and 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...











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