The Colditz Story Special Sales

The Colditz Story Special Sales PDF Author: P. R. Reid
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ISBN: 9781473638266
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Languages : en
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The Colditz Story Special Sales

The Colditz Story Special Sales PDF Author: P. R. Reid
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ISBN: 9781473638266
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Languages : en
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Colditz

Colditz PDF Author: P. R. Reid
Publisher: Zenith Press
ISBN: 0760346518
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355

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The Nazis thought escape was impossible. Colditz is the true story of the Allied prisoners held there and their (sometimes successful) efforts to escape, written by one of the POWs.

The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story PDF Author: Patrick Robert Reid
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN: 9780809487349
Category : Prisoners of war
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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Colditz the German Story

Colditz the German Story PDF Author: Reinhold Eggers
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
ISBN: 9781844155361
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"Reinhold Eggers one of the German staff who was Security Officer during the last years at Colditz. It is a compilation of the most spectacular escape attempts written by the escapers themselves. Eggers supports the stories with extracts from his Colditz diary which ran to 26 copybooks, with stories about the German staff and their characters, and a short account of the end of his war when he became a prisoner himself. It has some memorably funny moments (especially the tale of Max and Moritz, who filled in on parades), some very sad moments, and some descriptions of escapes that are truly astonishing"--Publisher's description.

The Diggers of Colditz

The Diggers of Colditz PDF Author: Jack Champ
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1760852155
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Colditz Castle was Nazi Germany’s infamous ‘escape-proof’ wartime prison, where hundreds of the most determined and resourceful Allied prisoners were sent. Despite having more guards than inmates, Australian Lieutenant Jack Champ and other prisoners tirelessly carried out their campaign to escape from the massive floodlit stronghold, by any means necessary. In this riveting account – by turns humorous, heartfelt and tragic – historian Colin Burgess and Lieutenant Jack Champ, from the point of view of the prisoners themselves, tell the story of the twenty Australians who made this castle their ‘home’, and the plans they made that were so crazy that some even achieved the seemingly impossible – escape! ‘A stirring testimony of mateship . . . We are often on tenterhooks, always impressed by their determination, industry and courage’ Australian Book Review

The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story PDF Author: Patrick Robert Red
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 288

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Colditz

Colditz PDF Author: Henry Chancellor
Publisher: Coronet
ISBN: 9780340794951
Category : Escapes
Languages : en
Pages : 446

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Colditz high security camp contained every persistent escaper, trouble maker and valuable hostage captured by the Germans in World War II. It was considered escape proof but the very opposite proved to be true. The prisoners pooled their collected talents to create the greatest escape academy of the war.

Colditz

Colditz PDF Author: P R. Reid
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Languages : en
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Commando to Colditz

Commando to Colditz PDF Author: Peter Stanley
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1742660738
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305

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A compelling, riveting read, Commando to Colditz is an unusual — perhaps unique — war story. It is centred around a most unusual war hero: Michael 'Micky' Burn, soldier, poet and novelist, whose journey from fascist follower, to commander of Six Troop, to Commando, to prisoner (and communist lecturer) in the notorious prison of Colditz forms the focal point of this powerful narrative. In 1942 Micky led his commando troop of 28 men on one of the most daring raids of the Second World War, the assault on the French port of St Nazaire. As a result of this 'night of fire and death', fourteen of Micky's men were killed; seven, including Burn, were captured. Micky's bond with his soldiers is at the story's heart. Before the raid, he had asked his parents to write to his men's families if the worst should happen; the result was the creation of a rich and moving archive of letters between these grieving or anxious families, letters that illuminate the lives and deaths of a small but close-knit group of British soldiers and those who loved them.

Castle of the Eagles

Castle of the Eagles PDF Author: Mark Felton
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250095867
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329

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Vincigliata Castle, a menacing medieval fortress set in the beautiful Tuscan hills, has become a very special prisoner of war camp on Benito Mussolini’s personal order. Within are some of the most senior officers of the Allied army, guarded by almost two hundred Italian soldiers and a vicious fascist commando who answers directly to “Il Duce” Mussolini himself. Their unbelievable escape, told by Mark Felton in Castle of the Eagles, is a little-known marvel of World War II. By March 1943, the plan is ready: this extraordinary assemblage of middle-aged POWs has crafted civilian clothes, forged identity papers, gathered rations, and even constructed dummies to place in their beds, all in preparation for the moment they step into the tunnel they have been digging for six months. How they got to this point and what happens after is a story that reads like fiction, supported by an eccentric cast of characters, but is nonetheless true to its core.