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Stalag Luft III: An Official History of the POW Camp of the Great Escape
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Stalag Luft III: An Official History of the POW Camp of the Great Escape Hardcover - 2017

by Grehan, John

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Frontline Books. Very Good. 1473883059. 2016, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 2017. Hardcover.
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  • Title Stalag Luft III: An Official History of the POW Camp of the Great Escape
  • Author Grehan, John
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Hardback
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Frontline Books
  • Date 2017
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # green160958
  • ISBN 9781473883055 / 1473883059
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.4 in (23.62 x 16.51 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Germany
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and, Stalag Luft III
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016436853
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.547

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From the publisher

Opened in March 1942 to house captured Allied airmen, particularly officers, Stammlager Luft III at Sagan was built to make escape--especially tunneling--particularly difficult. This did not stop the prisoners who dug through more than one hundred yards of loose sand, enabling seventy-six men to flee. All but three of the men were recaptured, however, and fifty were executed by the Germans. This camp was known for two famous prisoner escapes that took place there by tunneling, which were depicted in the films The Wooden Horse (1950) and The Great Escape (1963).

The official history of the camp was prepared for the War Office but was never released to the general public. It explains the German administration and running of the camp, the food and conditions the prisoners endured, and the means by which morale was maintained under such trying circumstances. Considerable space is devoted to the escapes and their careful preparation as well as the anti-escape measures undertaken by the guards. This account provides the reader with an accurate and unprecedented insight into life in a German POW camp in the latter years of World War II.

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About the author

JOHN GREHAN has written, edited, or contributed to more than three hundred military history books, journals and magazines. He is the former assistant editor of Britain at War magazine.