Description
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 1963 war film of the same name starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough.
Author: Paul Brickhill
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 08/17/2004
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.78d
ISBN13: 9780393325799
ISBN10: 0393325792
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General
- History | Military | Veterans