Stalag Luft III
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
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2019
Greenhill Books (Verlag)
978-1-78438-446-3 (ISBN)
Greenhill Books (Verlag)
978-1-78438-446-3 (ISBN)
Photographic history of the POW camp that inspired the film The Great Escape.
In early 1942 the Third Reich opened a maximum security Prisoner Of War camp in Lower Silesia for captured Allied airmen. Called Stalag Luft III, the camp soon came to contain some of the most inventive escapers ever known.
The escapers were led by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, code-named 'Big X'. In March 1944, Bushell masterminded an attempt to smuggle hundreds of POWs down a tunnel build right under the notes of their guards. In fact, only 79 Allied airmen clambered into the tunnel and only three made successful escapes.
This remarkable escape would be immortalised in the famous Hollywood film THE GREAT ESCAPE, in which the bravery of the men was rightly celebrated.
Behind the scenes photographs from the film are included in this definitive pictorial work on the most famous POW camp of World War II.
In early 1942 the Third Reich opened a maximum security Prisoner Of War camp in Lower Silesia for captured Allied airmen. Called Stalag Luft III, the camp soon came to contain some of the most inventive escapers ever known.
The escapers were led by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, code-named 'Big X'. In March 1944, Bushell masterminded an attempt to smuggle hundreds of POWs down a tunnel build right under the notes of their guards. In fact, only 79 Allied airmen clambered into the tunnel and only three made successful escapes.
This remarkable escape would be immortalised in the famous Hollywood film THE GREAT ESCAPE, in which the bravery of the men was rightly celebrated.
Behind the scenes photographs from the film are included in this definitive pictorial work on the most famous POW camp of World War II.
CHARLES MESSENGER served for twenty years in the Royal Tank Regiment before retiring to become a military historian and defence analyst. He is the author of some forty books, mainly on twentieth century warfare. Some have been published in several languages and have been widely acclaimed. He has also written and helped to direct several TV documentary series and carried out a large number of historical studies for the Ministry of Defence.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.07.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Images of War |
| Zusatzinfo | 200 black and white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 189 x 246 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78438-446-1 / 1784384461 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78438-446-3 / 9781784384463 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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