The big break : the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told
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xvii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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2nd Floor - Times
Times 940.5472 DANDO
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Times 940.5472 DANDO
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Americans -- Poland -- Szubin -- Biography.
Oflag 64 (Concentration camp).
Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Poland -- Szubin -- History -- 20th century.
Prisoners of war -- Poland -- Szubin -- Biography.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
United States. -- Army -- Officers -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Poland -- Szubin.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
Oflag 64 (Concentration camp).
Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Poland -- Szubin -- History -- 20th century.
Prisoners of war -- Poland -- Szubin -- Biography.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
United States. -- Army -- Officers -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Poland -- Szubin.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
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Book
Language
English
UPC
DLW148642
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and index.
Description
"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 German commandant Colonel Fritz Schneider received orders to march all of his prisoners to west Germany to escape the Russians in January 1945, that number declined rapidly as the American officers put into place long-existing escape plans that would make history. In The Big Break, we follow famous POWs, such as General Eisenhower's personal aide, General Patton's son-in-law, and Ernest Hemingway's eldest son, as the first American escapes via a tunnel in a stinking latrine, with almost 250 US officers following closely behind in a mass break. The Schubin escapes are by far the largest Allied POW escape of the second World War, surpassing even The Great Escape of 1944. Historian Stephen Dando-Collins chronicles the gripping story of irrepressible Americans determined to be free, brave Poles risking their lives to help them, and dogmatic Nazis determined to stop them"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dando-Collins, S. (2017). The big break: the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told (First edition.). St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dando-Collins, Stephen. 2017. The Big Break: The Greatest American WWII POW Escape Story Never Told. St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dando-Collins, Stephen. The Big Break: The Greatest American WWII POW Escape Story Never Told St. Martin's Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dando-Collins, Stephen. The Big Break: The Greatest American WWII POW Escape Story Never Told First edition., St. Martin's Press, 2017.
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