Publisher: W. W. Norton

Copyright Date: 2004

Edition Date: 2004 Release Date: 08/17/04

Pages: xv, 264 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates

ISBN: 0-393-32579-2

ISBN 13: 978-0-393-32579-9

Dewey: 940.54

Dimensions: 21 cm.

Subject Heading:
Brickhill, Paul.
Stalag Luft III.
World War, 1939-1945. Personal narratives, British.
World War, 1939-1945. Prisoners and prisons, German.
Escapes. Poland. Zagan.
Prisoners of war. Poland. Zagan. Biography.

Language: English

Reading Level: 9.0

Interest Level: 9+

They were American and British air force officers in a German prison camp. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, forged passports, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from German surveillance. It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. It demanded the concentrated devotion and vigilance of more than six hundred men--every one of them, every minute, every hour, every day and night for more than a year. Made into the classic 1963 war film of the same name starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough.