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The Real Great Escape

By: Guy Walters
Narrated by: Richard Burnip
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In early 1942 the Germans opened a top-security prisoner-of-war camp. Called Stalag Luft III, it soon contained some of the most inventive escapers ever known. They were led by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell who masterminded an attempt to smugglehundreds of POWs down a tunnel built under the noses of their guards. The escape would come to be immortalised in the famous film The Great Escape, but in this book Guy Walters takes a fresh look at this remarkable event and asks what was the true story?

©2013 Guy Walters (P)2013 Oakhill Publishing Military World War

Critic reviews

"Walters’s description of the build-up to the breakout makes nail-biting reading" ( Guardian)
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A brilliant telling of the full story. Forget the film, this is definitive. Fantastic. Recommended.

A must for any WW2 history buff.

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If you have an interest in history (and even if you don't) this account explains by reference to the evidence what really happened in the great escape, why it happened, and its implications - but it does so without an ounce of dryness. It is a great story -tinged by the real sadness that many of the great characters discussed were murdered. Great read.

Comprehensive and interesting

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This was a very well narrated bit of history, sad to think it is true... put a bit of a damper on the film.

Very interesting and a little sad...

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This might well be the definitive account of the 1944 Great Escape of British RAF POWs from a Nazi German prison camp - which clarifies much and dismisses many misconceptions, lies and misunderstandings. The bravery of these men must never be forgotten.

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Simply amazing. Guy Walters must be commended for his painstaking research and vivid writing.

The book was read beautifully by Richard Burnip, with subtle, yet tangible, intonation to highlight a German speaking.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Not a single bad word.

An impressively thorough tour de force.

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