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Zero Night : the untold story of World War Two's greatest escape /

On August 30, 1942, Zero Night, 40 Allied officers staged the most audacious mass escape of World War II. Months of meticulous planning and secret training hung in the balance during three minutes of mayhem as the officers boldly stormed the huge double fences at Oflag Prison. Employing wooden ladde...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Felton, Mark, 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Prisoner-of-war escapes > Germany > Warburg > History > 20th century.
Oflag VI B (Concentration camp)
Prisoners of war > Germany > Warburg > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Warburg.
HISTORY / Military / World War II.
Table of Contents:
  • A note on the text
  • Prologue
  • Barbed Wire Horizon
  • Trial and Error
  • The Wire
  • Short Circuit
  • Diversions
  • "Big X"
  • Operation Timber
  • Practice Makes Perfect
  • The Road Less Travelled
  • Pack Up Your Troubles
  • Fifteen Yards to Freedom
  • Zero Night
  • "Another British Evacuation"
  • A Walk in the Woods
  • "Hande hoch!"
  • The Bitter Road
  • Three Blind Mice
  • Comet Line
  • The Last Frontier
  • Epilogue
  • Maps.