Zero night : the untold story of World War Two's most daring great escape
Felton, Mark, 1974-2015
Books, Manuscripts
Oflag VI-B, Warburg, Germany: On the night of 30th August, 1942 - 'Zero Night' - 40 officers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa staged the most audacious mass escape of the Second World War. It was the first 'Great Escape' - but instead of tunnelling, the escapers boldly went over the huge perimetre fences using wooden scaling contraptions. This was the notorious 'Warburg Wire Job', described by fellow prisoner and fighter ace Douglas Bader as 'the most brilliant escape conception of this war'. Telling this remarkable story in full, historian Mark Felton evokes the suspense of the escape itself and the adventures of those who eluded the Germans, as well as the courage of the civilians who risked their lives to help them in enemy territory.
Main title:
Author:
Felton, Mark, 1974-, author
Imprint:
London : Icon, 2015.London : Icon, 2015.
Collation:
xix, 299 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781848318472 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.547243
Local class:
940.547243
Language:
English
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BRN:
1736587