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The Resource The big break : the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told, Stephen Dando-Collins

The big break : the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told, Stephen Dando-Collins

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"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. 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"--
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvii, 252 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • The first American to escape from Schubin
  • On the loose
  • The Yanks move in
  • Under, over and through the wire
  • Death sentences
  • The Russians are coming
  • The Big Break, day one
  • Game on
  • Meeting the Russkies
  • Moscow or bust
  • The first Schubin escapee home runs
  • Kriegies on the run
  • The Hammelburg Schubinites
  • Patton wants them liberated
  • Fighting through to Hammelburg
  • The battle for the camp
  • Busting out
  • One helluva night
  • Blood and fire on the Reussenberg
  • Freedom so close
  • Liberation
  • Welcome home, Kriegie
Isbn
9781250087560
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The big break : the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told
Title
The big break
Title remainder
the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told
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Stephen Dando-Collins
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"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. 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"--
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Dando-Collins, Stephen
Dewey number
940.54/72430943826
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
D805.5.O34
LC item number
D36 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Oflag 64 (Concentration camp)
  • United States
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Prisoner-of-war escapes
  • Prisoners of war
  • Americans
  • Soldiers
  • HISTORY / Military / World War II
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The big break : the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told, Stephen Dando-Collins
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Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-243) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
The first American to escape from Schubin -- On the loose -- The Yanks move in -- Under, over and through the wire -- Death sentences -- The Russians are coming -- The Big Break, day one -- Game on -- Meeting the Russkies -- Moscow or bust -- The first Schubin escapee home runs -- Kriegies on the run -- The Hammelburg Schubinites -- Patton wants them liberated -- Fighting through to Hammelburg -- The battle for the camp -- Busting out -- One helluva night -- Blood and fire on the Reussenberg -- Freedom so close -- Liberation -- Welcome home, Kriegie
Control code
ocn965617282
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvii, 252 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781250087560
Lccn
2016037566
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • 1235963
  • (Sirsi) o965617282
  • (OCoLC)965617282
Label
The big break : the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told, Stephen Dando-Collins
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-243) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The first American to escape from Schubin -- On the loose -- The Yanks move in -- Under, over and through the wire -- Death sentences -- The Russians are coming -- The Big Break, day one -- Game on -- Meeting the Russkies -- Moscow or bust -- The first Schubin escapee home runs -- Kriegies on the run -- The Hammelburg Schubinites -- Patton wants them liberated -- Fighting through to Hammelburg -- The battle for the camp -- Busting out -- One helluva night -- Blood and fire on the Reussenberg -- Freedom so close -- Liberation -- Welcome home, Kriegie
Control code
ocn965617282
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvii, 252 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781250087560
Lccn
2016037566
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • 1235963
  • (Sirsi) o965617282
  • (OCoLC)965617282

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