Paul Brickhill

The Great Escape

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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 1963 war film of the same name starring Steve McQueen, Jam… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-393-32579-9
EAN: 9780393325799
Produktnummer: 19443965
Verlag: W W Norton & Co
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 264 S.
Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.0 cm 263 g
Gewicht: 263
Sonstiges: Ab 14 - 18 J.

Über den Autor

Paul Brickhill (1916-1991) was shot down over the Mareth Line in Tunisia on March 17, 1943. He landed in the middle of a minefield in front of the enemy barbed wire and was captured. He was soon transferred to Stalag Luft III, where he joined organization X working on the great escape.