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The big break, the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told, Stephen Dando-Collins

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The big break, the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told, Stephen Dando-Collins

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index

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contains biographical information

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The big break

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Stephen Dando-Collins

Sub title

the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told

Summary

"Describes the previously untold story of the escape of 250 US Army POWs from the German Schubin camp through a tunnel in a latrine." --, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Glossary -- The First American to Escape from Schubin -- On the Loose -- The Yanks Move in -- Under, Over and Through the Wire -- Death Sentences -- The Russians Are Coming -- The Big Break, Day One -- Game On -- Meeting the Russkies -- Moscow or Bust -- The First Schubin Escapee Home Runs -- Kriegies on the Run -- The Hammelburg Schubinites -- Patton Wants them Liberated -- Fighting Through to Hammelburg -- The Battle for the Camp -- Busting Out -- One Helluva Night -- Blood and Fire on the Reussenberg -- Freedom so Close -- Liberation -- Welcome Home, Kriegie

Target audience

adult

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Greatest American WWII POW escape story never toldGreatest American World War Two prisoner of war escape story never told

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