The Great Escape Lib/E (CD-Audio)

from john257hopper

A gripping account of the Great Escapers and their fate. What comes across here most powerfully for me is the resourcefulness and ingenuity of the prisoners in making so much material to prepare for their escape using limited resources at their disposal, e.g. forged papers, compasses, air pipes a...

from mahallett

my tapes! were abridged to 2 hours but it was very good. i would like to have known what happened to all the escapees. great reader. coincidently i read a short story today but the only german prisoner of war to escape. he tried twice and was sent to canada and escaped from there to the us where ...

from ABVR

Brickhill wrote three classic books about real-life adventures from World War II, and this is--for my money--the best. It chronicles the inner workings of the biggest and most famous POW-camp breakout ever organized: three tunnels, dug simultaneously out of a supposedly escape-proof camp in the h...

from Whiskey3pa

I am always fascinated with escape literature and this is a must-read. The persistence and fortitude shown by these men is amazing. The ablilty to forge papers, build tools and machines, all while in prison is compelling - and that is just getting ready to escape. The tunnelling is astonishing an...

from bookmarkaussie

The author of The Great Escape Paul Brickhill was a prisoner in the POW camp at Sagan so he knew many of the people portrayed in the book. It is a fantastic read, informative, insightful and entertaining. What starts off as a way to pass time and harass the Germans ends up with a very nasty sting...