The Great Escape: A Canadian Story

by Ted Barris

Book Overview

A unique retelling of WWII's most dramatic escape, told through first-hand recollections of the soldiers who experienced it.

On the night of March 24, 1944, 80 Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 336-foot-long tunnel and slipped into the forest beyond the wire of Stalag Luft III, a German POW compound near Sagan, Poland. The event became known as &8220;The Great Escape,&8220; an intricate breakout more than a year in the making, involving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771022728
• ISBN13: 9781771022729
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Thomas Allen Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"