Dimensions
130 x 200 x 20mm
The Great Escape was one of the most remarkable episodes of the Second World War. After the attempt to break 200 men out of Hermann Göring's 'escape proof ' prisoner-of-war camp, 76 Allied officers managed to create havoc behind enemy lines before most were eventually recaptured. Now, 60 years after the event, the ingenuity of the masterminds behind this audacious break-out is celebrated.
'The Great Escapers' tells the story of these men who managed to break free from the supposedly impenetrable Stalag Luf III, Göring's showcase prison camp near Sagan. Tragically, 50 of those men involved in the Great Escape were murdered by the Gestapo. The author examines their deaths and the post-war investigation to bring their killers to justice.
'The Great Escapers' is an extraordinary story, charted through the experiences of those who lived under the sweeping searchlights of the ominous watchtowers and ending with accounts from the 7 remaining men who broke out that March night 60 years ago – the last of the Great Escapers.
