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The Great Escape

The true story of Allied airmen who plot a massive escape from Stalag 3, a maximum security prison in World War II. They struggle against overwhelming odds to obtain freedom.

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  • "The true story of Allied airmen who plot a massive escape from Stalag 3, a maximum security prison in World War II. They struggle against overwhelming odds to obtain freedom."
  • "The true story of Allied airmen who plot a massive escape from Stalag 3, a maximum security prison in World War II. They struggle against overwhelming odds to obtain freedom."@en
  • "With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, built underground railroads, forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons, and tailored german uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from the German "ferrets" who prowled the compounds with nerve-racking tenacity and suspicion. It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb."@en
  • "The true story of Allied airmen who plotted a massive escape from Stalag 3, a maximum security prison in World War II, and struggled against overwhelming odds to obtain freedom."@en
  • "This is the true story of a mass breakout from a German POW camp by a group of American internees; a documentary of intricate planning, escape and survival. It was the basis of the famous 1963 film by the same name starring Steve McQueen."@en
  • ""With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, built underground railroads, forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from the German 'ferrets' who prowled the compounds with nerve-racking tenacity and suspicion. 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 single one of them, every minute, every hour, every day, and every night for more than a year"--container insert."@en
  • "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 for every hour, every day, and every night for more than a year. With only their bare hands and crude homemade tools, they sank shafts, built underground railroads, forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons, and tailored German clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from the Germans who tenaciously prowled the compounds. And against all odds, they pulled off a daring mass escape from a German POW camp."@en
  • "A full account of this exciting war time excape story."@en

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  • "Personal narratives"
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  • "Audiobooks, Nonfiction"
  • "Biography"@en
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  • "The Great Escape"@en
  • "The Great Escape"
  • "The great escape"
  • "The great escape"@en

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