The German Great Escape

by Peter Phillips

On 10 March 1945, in the biggest mass-breakout of the war, 70 German POWs escaped through a tunnel dug under the wire of Camp 198 - Island Farm in Bridgend, south Wales. In its planning and ingenuity... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854113836
• ISBN13: 9781854113832
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Seren Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

More than your usual POW Story

I was prompted to buy this book by the fact that I was born in the Bridgend area in 1948 and knew many of the people associated with the Island Farm Camp and the recapture of the escapees. What I got, as an unexpected bonus, was an outstanding over view of the run up to WW2, the fortunes of those who came to the Camp and those who were to come there. Peter Phillips' style of writing makes for an unputdownable book and his extensive research helps gives a hitherto unseen slant on how the War effected the lives ordinary folk, as well as those who had a direct influence on its outcome. A fascinating account of our recent history for which Mr Phillips is to be congratulated.