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The big break : the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told /

Oflag 64, a World War II prisoner of war (POW) camp based in Schubin, Poland, was speculated to be one of the only POW camps set up exclusively for U.S. Army ground component officers. About 150 American officers lived in the camp in 1943, and by 1945, that number had expanded to 1,500. When the Ger...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dando-Collins, Stephen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Oflag 64 (Concentration camp)
United States. > Army > Officers > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > Poland > Szubin.
Prisoner-of-war escapes > Poland > Szubin > History > 20th century.
Prisoners of war > Poland > Szubin > Biography.
Americans > Poland > Szubin > Biography.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
HISTORY / Military / World War II.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.