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Felton, Mark, 1974-
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Oflag VI B (Concentration camp)
Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Germany -- Warburg -- History -- 20th century.
Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Warburg -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Warburg.
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Zero Night : the unt...
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Zero Night : the untold story of World War Two's greatest escape / Mark Felton.
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Felton, Mark, 1974-
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Subjects
Oflag VI B (Concentration camp)
Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Germany -- Warburg -- History -- 20th century.
Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Warburg -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Warburg.
ISBN:
9781250073747 (hardcover)
125007374X (hardcover)
Description:
a xvii, 299 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Contents:
A note on the text -- Prologue -- Barbed Wire Horizon -- Trial and Error -- The Wire -- Short Circuit -- Diversions -- "Big X" -- Operation Timber -- Practice Makes Perfect -- The Road Less Travelled -- Pack Up Your Troubles -- Fifteen Yards to Freedom -- Zero Night -- "Another British Evacuation" -- A Walk in the Woods -- "Hande hoch!" -- The Bitter Road -- Three Blind Mice -- Comet Line -- The Last Frontier -- Epilogue -- Maps.
Summary:
"Documents the August 1942 escape of three dozen Allied officers from Oflag Prison, detailing their months of careful planning and secret training, the methods they used and the courage of civilians who risked their lives to help them in enemy territory. By the author of China Station."--B&T.
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