Stalag Luft III

by Charles Messenger

Book Overview

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, codenamed 'Big X, ' In March 1944, Bushell masterminded an attempt to smuggle hundreds of POWs down a tunnel built right under the noses of their guards. In fact, 76...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784384461
• ISBN13: 9781784384463
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Greenhill Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.6"