The Great Escape
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0393325792
ISBN 13
9780393325799
Category
World War II
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Publication Year
1957
Publisher
Pages
304
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Description
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 movie starring Steve McQueen. 16 pages of photographs.
Number of Copies
1
