Paul Brickhill
Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 4.25 | 7728 Users | 373 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Great Escape |
| Author | : | Paul Brickhill |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | New Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | November 2000 by Cassell Military (first published 1950) |
| Categories | : | History. Nonfiction. War. World War II. Military Fiction. Historical. Military. Military History |
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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...Particularize Books In Favor Of The Great Escape
| Original Title: | The Great Escape |
| ISBN: | 0304356875 (ISBN13: 9780304356874) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.25 From 7728 Users | 373 ReviewsCommentary Appertaining To Books The Great Escape
This is one of those works where the movie and book are equally fantastic. The level of ingenuity and team work is inspiring to me. The book was surprisingly funny as well. It is well worth buying for our family library.A story enthralled me so much when I was a child, it stays with me to this day. It was an adventure, a tragedy, a drama, a history lesson, and an inspirational tale. And it is all true.On March 24, 1944, The Great Escape happened in the midst of World War II. The Nazis had captured various British and Commonwealth Airmen over the course of the war, and they had built an "escape proof" Prisoner of War camp to house the most troublesome of the lot. Stalag Luft III was thought to be the answer to
I've seen this movie multiple times and had no idea it was a book. The whole time you are reading this you just keep thinking "I can't believe they really did that!" The soldiers of World War II were incredibly brave and selfless and this was a great reminder of all they did for this country, both seen and unseen.
The Great Escape is an interesting artifact of the World War II era.Youre probably at least glancingly familiar with this real life account, originally published in the early 50s. Author Paul Brickhill, an Australian airman, spent a few years in a German prisoner of war camp, where he abetted one of the most famous prisoner escapes of the war.The Great Escape picks up its story in 1943, when a large number of international POWs (including many Brits and Americans) were ensconced in a new German
I picked this book up at a yard sale a few years ago and thought "Wow I didn't even know there was a book" I'd always seen the movie and just assumed there was no book about the true event. I've always liked the movie since I saw it when I was about ten I think but as soon as I picked this book up and started reading I knew I was going to like it much better and was not mistaken. I still think the movie is great but this book tells the story of the prisoners at Stalag Luft III so much better as
This novel, based on the story of a mass escape by Allied soldiers from a German POW camp during WW II, will be familiar by title as it was the basis for a popular film starring Steve McQueen and James Garner among others. Brickhill unfolds the story with speed, quickly familiarizing readers with the lives of POWs and letting the reader in on their secret plans to escape. Without getting into details, I'll just say that Brickhill's account shows just how resourceful people can be under
Written by one of the men who assisted in what is known as the Great Escape, Paul Brickhill's book on the experiences of WWII POWs is tense and at times exhilarating. The detail of the escapes from German prison camps is full of descriptive information that should satisfy the curious. His determination to ferret out the stories of escapees after they left the camps would do any journalist proud. In The Great Escape you feel as if you've received about as full of an account of this famous event
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