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Author Felton, Mark, 1974-

Title Zero Night : the untold story of World War Two's greatest escape / Mark Felton.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  940.5472 FELTON    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  940.5472 FELTON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5472 F34    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  940.5472 FEL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  940.5472 FELTON    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  940.54 FE    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description xvii, 299 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-290) and index.
Contents Barbed wire horizon -- Trial and error -- The wire -- Short circuit -- Diversions -- "Big X" -- Operation Timber -- Practice makes perfect -- The road less travelled -- Pack up your troubles -- Fifteen yards to freedom -- Zero Night -- "Another British evacuation" -- A walk in the woods -- "Hände hoch!" -- The bitter road -- Three blind mice -- Comet Line -- The last frontier.
Summary Documents the August 1942 escape of three dozen Allied officers from Oflag Prison, detailing their months of careful planning and secret training, the methods they used and the courage of civilians who risked their lives to help them in enemy territory.
Subject Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Germany -- Warburg -- History -- 20th century.
Oflag VI B (Concentration camp)
Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Warburg -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Warburg.
HISTORY / Military / World War II.
ISBN 9781250073747 (hardcover)
125007374X (hardcover)
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