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The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill
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The Great Escape (original 1951; edition 2004)

by Paul Brickhill

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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 American and British air force officers, every single one of them, every minute, every hour, every day, and every night for more than a year. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, built underground railroads, forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from the German "ferrets" who prowled the compounds with nerve-racking tenacity and suspicion. And against all odds, they pulled off a daring mass escape from a German POW camp.

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Title:The Great Escape
Authors:Paul Brickhill
Info:W. W. Norton & Company (2004), Edition: Reissue, Paperback, 304 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:****
Tags:read in 2012

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The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill (Author) (1951)

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    Escape-or die: authentic stories of the R.A.F. Escaping Society by Paul Brickhill (section241)
    section241: Both books by Brickhill detail daring escapes made by pilots during World War 2; both are gripping, involving tomes.
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I have read many accounts from WW2 but never a story like this. Amazing. ( )
  MariaStroud | Aug 25, 2023 |
Good WW II escape from Germany book. Not same as movie. Not sure when I actually read it. ( )
  kslade | Dec 8, 2022 |
Paul Brickhill’s The Great Escape is a riveting account of the escape of largely British and American prisoners from a World War II German prison camp. Brickhill ably details the remarkable determination and ingenuity that enabled such a daring endeavor. ( )
  ghr4 | Feb 27, 2022 |
Nothing like the film. ( )
  graeme.bell3 | Dec 25, 2021 |
history / wwii escape attempts from german POW camp. ( )
  reader1009 | Jul 3, 2021 |
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Brickhill, PaulAuthorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Games, AbramCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Harsh, GeorgeIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kenyon, LeyIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Whitfield, RobertNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:

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 American and British air force officers, every single one of them, every minute, every hour, every day, and every night for more than a year. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, built underground railroads, forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from the German "ferrets" who prowled the compounds with nerve-racking tenacity and suspicion. And against all odds, they pulled off a daring mass escape from a German POW camp.

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