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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 940 EAN: 9780850529005 ISBN: 085052900X Label: Pen and Sword Manufacturer: Pen and Sword Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: 2003-03 Publisher: Pen and Sword Studio: Pen and Sword Related Items:
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 Rating: - The Great Escape in Broader ContextThe author, Jimmy James, provides many lucid details dealing with his experiences before, during, and after the Great Escape. James discusses his experiences at Barth, Stalag Luft III, Szubin, and Sachsenhausen. (He later visited the site of Stalag Luft III in 2004, 60 years after the Great Escape. At that time, he also observed the forensic dig that amazingly unearthed remnants of the tunnel Dick). James provides tables at the end of the book which include various statistics on the ... Read More Rating: - Best WW2 Escape Book I've ReadThe review title just about says it all. Not only did Jimmy James spend almost 5 years as a POW, but he escaped countless times. After being one of the "lucky" 23 recaptured from The Great Escape not to be murdered by the Nazis, he was sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp, and he ESCAPED from there!!! An amazing true story! 
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