The Great Escape

They were American and British air force officers in a German prison camp. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, forged passports, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from German surveillance. 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 men--every one of them, every minute, every hour, every day and night for more than a year. Made into the classic movie starring Steve McQueen.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 08/17/2004
ISBN: 9780393325799
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.78d