The Greatest Escape

by Neil Churches

Book Overview

The gripping, vividly told story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War - organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist and an American spy

In August 1944 the most successful POW escape of the Second World War took place - 106 Allied prisoners were freed from Maribor camp, in present-day Slovenia. The escape was organized not by officers but by two ordinary soldiers, Australian Ralph Churches (a bank clerk...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529060346
• ISBN13: 9781529060348
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: MacMillan UK
• Length: 400 Pages