The prison break from Stalag Luft III in eastern Germany was the largest of its kind in World War II.
It shows the variety and depth of the men sent into harms way during World War II, something emphasised by the population of Stalag
The prison break from Stalag Luft III in eastern Germany was the largest of its kind in World War II.
It shows the variety & depth of the men sent into harms way during World War II, something emphasised by the population of Stalag Luft III.
Most of the Allied POWs were flyers, with all the technical, tactical & planning skills that profession requires.
Such men are independent thinkers, craving open air & wide-open spaces, which meant than an obsession with escape was almost inevitable'- John D Gresham
Between dusk & dawn on the night of March 24th-25th 1944, a small army of Allied soldiers crawled through tunnels in Germany in a covert operation the likes of which the Third Reich had never seen before.
Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781784384388
• Author: Jonathan F. Vance
• Publisher: Greenhill Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 368
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3cm