Zero Night : The Untold Story of the Second World War's Most Daring Great Escape
by Mark Felton
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Icon Books Ltd, London, 2014. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Oflag VI-B, Warburg, Germany: On the night of 30 August 1942 - 'Zero Night' - 40 officers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa staged the most audacious mass escape of the Second World War.It was the first 'Great Escape' - but instead of tunnelling, the escapers boldly went over the huge perimeter fences using wooden scaling contraptions. This was the notorious 'Warburg Wire Job', described by fellow prisoner and fighter ace Douglas Bader as 'the most brilliant escape conception of this war'.Months of meticulous planning and secret training hung in the balance during three minutes of mayhem as prisoners charged the camp's double perimeter fences.Telling this remarkable story in full for the first time, historian Mark Felton brilliantly evokes the suspense of the escape itself and the adventures of those who eluded the Germans, as well as the courage of the civilians who risked their lives to help them in enemy territory. Fantastically intimate and told with a novelist's eye for drama and detail, this is a rip-roaring adventure story, all the more thrilling for being true. 299 pages. Light tanning to pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military; Military & Warfare; History. ISBN/EAN: 9781848317925. Inventory No: 257627. . 9781848317925
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- 257627
- Title
- Zero Night : The Untold Story of the Second World War's Most Daring Great Escape
- Author
- Mark Felton
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1848317921
- ISBN 13
- 9781848317925
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- BZDB43 Military; Military & Warfare; History. Unbranded EAN: 9781848317925 Mark Felton Zero Night : The Untold Story of the Second World War's Most Daring Great Escape
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