Lex

Browse

GenresShelvesPremiumBlog

Company

AboutJobsPartnersSell on LexAffiliates

Resources

DocsInvite FriendsFAQ

Legal

Terms of ServicePrivacy Policygeneral@lex-books.com(215) 703-8277

© 2026 LexBooks, Inc. All rights reserved.

The great German escapeThe great German escape

The great German escape

Charles Whiting

About this book

Throughout the Second World War there had been a potentially lethal Trojan horse inside Britain; from Comrie in Northern Scotland, down to Devizes in Wiltshire, in every city, in every race course of any note, in every football ground, were German POWs. Nearly a quarter of a million of them in fact; fit, virile young men, and a goodly number of them fanatical National Socialists. Now what would these young men do if they were armed and given a plan which transcended merely escaping? What if these desperate young men, were given the promise of an airborne landing by German forces in Britain: the vital support they needed to capture their main objective - London? This is the gripping story of their abortive mass escape plan and the covert operations that went with it.

Details

OL Work ID
OL24423676W

Subjects

Prisoners of warWorld War, 1939-1945British Prisoners and prisonsSecret serviceDeutscher KriegsgefangenerFluchtWeltkriegWorld war, 1939-1945, prisoners and prisons, britishWorld war, 1939-1945, secret service, germany

Find this book

HardcoverOpen Library
Book data from Open Library. Cover images courtesy of Open Library.