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Présentation de l'éditeur
Colditz was the last stop for prisoners of war during WWII. Those who persisted in escaping from other camps were sent to the impregnable fortress of Colditz Castle, situated on a rocky outcrop high above the River Mulde. Once within the walls of the castle, the Germans reasoned, escape was impossible. And yet many prisoners attempted escape and many succeeded
Pat Reid was one of those men. Appointed 'Escape Officer' by his fellow inmates, he masterminded many of the attempts. From tunnelling, to hiding in rubbish sacks, disguising themselves as German officers and even leaping from the castle walls, nothing was too dangerous or foolhardy compared to imprisonment by the enemy. Reid's own escape, in 1942, was both one of the most simple and the most daring.
First published in 1952, The Colditz Story is a classic escape story in the tradition of The Great Escape and The Wooden Horse.
Biographie de l'auteur
Patrick Robert "Pat" Reid, MBE, MC was a British Army Officer and author of two bestselling memoirs of his time as a Nazi Prisoner of War at Colditz Castle in Germany, The Colditz Story and The Latter Days at Colditz.
These books became the basis of a film starring Sir John Mills, and a successful television series starring Robert Wagner and David McCallum.
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The Colditz Story
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Greenwood Pub Group, 1953
ISBN 10 : 0313202451
ISBN 13 : 9780313202452
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Vendeur : Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. Bound in publisher's teal cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Owner's name on front end page, else unmarked. 288 pages : maps ; 22 cm. Colditz Castle, German prisoner-of-war camp in World War II, the site of many daring escape attempts by Allied officers. The castle sits on a steep hill overlooking the Mulde River as it flows through the small Saxon town of Colditz, about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Leipzig. A former residence of the kings of Saxony, the castle was used in 1939 as a prisoner-of-war camp, and in 1940 it became a maximum security prison for escape-prone Allied officers. The internal buildings and courtyards were perched 250 feet (76 m) above the surrounding terrain and were enclosed by steep stone walls 7 feet (2 m) thick at their base. Staffed by numerous armed guards and located some 400 miles (640 km) from friendly territory, Colditz seemed to offer no hope for escape. Yet, through ingenious tunneling and various ruses, prisoners on some 130 occasions managed to clear the fortress grounds. A total of 32 prisoners managed to reach the frontier without recapture. Colditz fell to the U.S. Army in April 1945. N° de réf. du vendeur 2409120024
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The Colditz Story
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Greenwood Pub Group, 1953
ISBN 10 : 0313202451
ISBN 13 : 9780313202452
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Couverture rigide
Vendeur : Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, Royaume-Uni
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Very Good. book. N° de réf. du vendeur ERICA82903132024514
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