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Author : Reinhold Eggers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Prisoners of war
ISBN : UOM:39015001135782
German security officer describes escape attempts at the World War II German prisoner-of-war camp.
Author : Reinhold Eggers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Colditz (Germany)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105080735629
The other side of Colditz, from the point of view of the guards. This book describes the constant battle of wits between guards and prisoners - the tunnelling, bribery, impersonations, forgery and trickery of all kinds by which brave men sought to return to war.
Author : P. R. Reid
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760346518
The Nazis thought escape was impossible. Colditz is the true story of the Allied prisoners held there and their (sometimes successful) efforts to escape, written by one of the POWs.
Author : Patrick Robert Reid
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Prisoners of war
ISBN : 0809487349
Author : Patrick Robert Reid
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Prisoners of war
ISBN : UOM:49015000230012
Author : Major R Reid
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781444795691
Colditz was the last stop for prisoners of war during WWII. Those who persisted in escaping from other camps were sent to the impregnable fortress of Colditz Castle, situated on a rocky outcrop high above the River Mulde. Once within the walls of the castle, the Germans reasoned, escape was impossible. And yet many prisoners attempted escape and many succeeded Pat Reid was one of those men. Appointed 'Escape Officer' by his fellow inmates, he masterminded many of the attempts. From tunnelling, to hiding in rubbish sacks, disguising themselves as German officers and even leaping from the castle walls, nothing was too dangerous or foolhardy compared to imprisonment by the enemy. Reid's own escape, in 1942, was both one of the most simple and the most daring. First published in 1952, The Colditz Story is a classic escape story in the tradition of The Great Escape and The Wooden Horse.
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1017211574
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Author : Major R Reid
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781444795707
In THE COLDITZ STORY, Pat Reid told the story of the escape academy that sprang up inside the most impregnable German POW camp of the Second World War, ending appropriately with his own incredible escape from Colditz. But Reid's own break-out was by no means the last. In this enthralling sequel, he follows the fortunes of the escape academy right up until the arrival of the allied forces in April 1945. These tales of fantastic bravery and stunning ingenuity are every bit as mesmerising as the original. A true classic, LATTER DAYS AT COLDITZ is the bestselling conclusion to the story of the infamous German P.O.W. camp.
Author : P R Reid
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780330539197
Daring escapes, ingenious plans and heroic feats are revealed in Major Pat Reid’s classic Second World War history of Colditz, the infamous prisoner-of-war camp. The great fortress was supposed to be escape-proof and Reid was one of only a few men who successfully broke out. Now, in Colditz: The Full Story, he draws on extensive research to evoke life in the German camp. He recounts how prisoners from the British Commonwealth, America, Belgium, France, Holland, Czechoslovakia, Germany and Poland were incarcerated in suffocating intimacy – and yet, amongst them, loyalty and generosity thrived. As did plots to escape, most of which were unsuccessful. From his own experience as one of the first captives to be imprisoned in the camp, he reveals the code systems between the War Office and Colditz; shows how he obtained information on Germany’s secret weapons; and investigates the existence of traitors and the situation of non-collaborators. This is a vivid and fascinating account that pays tribute to the bravery of the men living under enemy control who refused to give up the fight. ‘Highly recommended reading’ New York Times
Author : Patrick Robert Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:816270207
Author : Henry Chancellor
Publisher : Coronet
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-04
Category : Escapes
ISBN : 034079495X
Colditz high security camp contained every persistent escaper, trouble maker and valuable hostage captured by the Germans in World War II. It was considered escape proof but the very opposite proved to be true. The prisoners pooled their collected talents to create the greatest escape academy of the war.
Author : Patrick Robert Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : OCLC:52042533
A British officer relates his activities in and eventual escape from Colditz Castle, one of the best guarded German prisoner-of-war camps.
Author : Kendal Burt,James Leasor
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473816930
In World War II James Leasor was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment and posted to the 1st Lincolns in Burma and India, where he served for three and a half years. His experiences inspired him to write such books as Boarding Party (filmed as The Sea Wolves). He later became a feature writer and foreign correspondent at the Daily Express. Here he wrote The One that Got Away. As well as non-fiction, Leasor has written novels, including Passport to Oblivion, filmed as Where the Spies Are with David Niven
Author : Patrick Robert Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Escapes
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081632064
A British officer relates his activities in and eventual escape from Colditz Castle, one of the best guarded German prisoner-of-war camps.
Author : Mark Felton
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781466885257
A thrilling, moment by moment account of an epic World War II escape and the real-life adventures that followed. On August 30, 1942 - 'Zero Night' - 40 Allied officers staged the most audacious mass escape of World War II. Months of meticulous planning and secret training hung in the balance during three minutes of mayhem as the officers boldly stormed the huge double fences at Oflag Prison. Employing wooden ladders and bridges previously disguised as bookshelves, the highly coordinated effort succeeded and set 36 men free into the German countryside. Later known as the 'Warburg Wire Job', fellow prisoner and fighter ace Douglas Bader once described the attempt as 'the most brilliant escape conception of this war'. The first author to tackle this remarkable story in detail, historian Mark Felton brilliantly evokes the suspense of the escape and the adventures of those escapees who managed to elude the Germans, as well as the courage of the civilians who risked their lives to help them in enemy territory. Fantastically intimate and told with a novelist's eye for drama and detail, this rip-roaring adventure is all the more thrilling because it really happened.