The Great Escape (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

ISBN: 9780304356874

出版社: Cassell military

出版年: 2006-03-09

页数: 288

定价: USD 14.45

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

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...