Author Description

The Great Escape was one of the most remarkable episodes of the Second World War. After the attempt to break 200 men out of Hermann Goring's 'escape-proof' prisoner-of-war camp, 76 Allied officers managed to create havoc behind enemy lines before most were eventually recaptured. Now the ingenuity of the masterminds behind this audacious break-out is celebrated. Tragically, 50 of those involved in the Great Escape were murdered by the Gestapo. The author examines their deaths and the.