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The diggers of Colditz : the classic Australian POW story about escape from the inescapable

The diggers of Colditz : the classic Australian POW story about escape from the inescapable

Colditz Castle was Nazi Germany's infamous 'escape-proof' wartime prison, where hundreds of the most determined and resourceful Allied prisoners were sent. Despite having more guards than inmates, Australian Lieutenant Jack Champ and other prisoners tirelessly carried out their campaign to escape from the massive floodlit stronghold . . . by any means necessary. In this riveting account -- by turns humorous, heartfelt and tragic -- historian Colin Burgess and Lieutenant Jack Champ, from the point of view of the prisoners themselves, tells the story of the twenty Australians who made this castle their 'home', and the plans they made that were so crazy that some even achieved the seemingly impossible: escape!

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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Status Due Date
920455926 WAR 940.547243 CHA
Non Fiction   . Available .  
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Field name Details
RSN 000067167536
ISBN 9781760855178 (paperback)
Call Number 940.547243
Dates Champ, Jack
Edition Revised edition.
Attachments illustrations, map, portraits ; 20 cm.
Summary Colditz Castle was Nazi Germany's infamous 'escape-proof' wartime prison, where hundreds of the most determined and resourceful Allied prisoners were sent. Despite having more guards than inmates, Australian Lieutenant Jack Champ and other prisoners tirelessly carried out their campaign to escape from the massive floodlit stronghold . . . by any means necessary. In this riveting account -- by turns humorous, heartfelt and tragic -- historian Colin Burgess and Lieutenant Jack Champ, from the point of view of the prisoners themselves, tells the story of the twenty Australians who made this castle their 'home', and the plans they made that were so crazy that some even achieved the seemingly impossible: escape!
Subject World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, German.
Prisoners of war
Escapes
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