The Greatest Escape, 9781529060331
Hardcover
Ordinary soldiers plan an extraordinary WWII POW escape against all odds.

The Greatest Escape

A gripping story of wartime courage and adventure

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  • Hardcover

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    7 November 2022

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Summary

The gripping, vividly told story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War - organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist and an American spy.

In August 1944 the most successful POW escape of the Second World War took place - 106 Allied prisoners were freed from a camp in Maribor, in present-day Slovenia. The escape was organized not by officers, but by two ordinary soldiers: Australian Ralph Churches (a bank clerk before the war) and Londoner Les Laws (a jazz…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529060331
ISBN-10:1529060338
Author:Neil Churches
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Macmillan
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:7 November 2022
Weight:616g
Dimensions:242mm x 164mm x 38mm
About The Author

Neil Churches

Neil Churches is the son of Ralph Churches, and grew up hearing his father’s stories of the Second World War. He always felt his father was leaving things out and was determined to find out what really happened, his researches uncovering a story of espionage Ralph was ordered to keep secret. Neil lives in Melbourne, Australia. The Greatest Escape is his first book.

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