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Title: The Real Great Escape ISBN: 978-0-593-07190-8
Publisher: Bantam Press
Hardcover
Pages: 411
Attempting to escape is one of the key responsibilities
of an incarcerated soldier. Walters has drafted a book that provides a
thrilling and insightful account of one of the greatest escape attempts in
history; that of hundreds of Allied airmen out of Stalag Luft III in March
1944. His account is fast paced and engaging, drawing upon both Allied and
German testimony. The reader is exposed to not only the ringleaders of the plan
but also the relationship between the prisoners and their German captors. He
also delves into the flight, recapture and tragic ending to many of the
prisoner’s stories. Included are accounts of the Gestapo agents and their fates
following the war. The book is both a page turner and incredible story.
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