The Great Escape is an autobiographical account by Paul Brickhill about the mass escape from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III for British and Commonwealth airmen. Though Brickhill himself did not escape, he did record the events. The introduction to the book was written by George Harsh. This book was made into the 1963 film The Great Escape.
The plot of the book surrounds the events known as The Great Escape, but it also mentions o...
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The Great Escape is an autobiographical account by Paul Brickhill about the mass escape from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III for British and Commonwealth airmen. Though Brickhill himself did not escape, he did record the events. The introduction to the book was written by George Harsh. This book was made into the 1963 film The Great Escape.
The plot of the book surrounds the events known as The Great Escape, but it also mentions other escape attempts as well as the hunt of the Gestapo agents who killed fifty of the escapees on Hitler's direct order.
Much of the book is focused on Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, also known as "Big X". Including his capture, his early escape attempts, and his planning of the escape. Several people that Brickhill knew are also documented, including Major John Dodge who was related to Winston Churchill.
In the end, seventy-six men escaped, of those, seventy-three were recaptured and fifty of those were shot by the Gestapo....
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