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Between dusk and dawn on the night of March 24th25th 1944, a small army of Allied soldiers crawled through tunnels in Germany in a covert operation the likes of which the Third Reich had never seen. The prison break from Stalag Luft III in eastern Germany was the largest of its kind in the Second World War. Seventy-nine Allied soldiers and airmen made it outside the wirebut only three made it outside Nazi Germany. Fifty were executed by the Gestapo.
In this book Jonathan Vance tells the incredible story that was made famous by the 1963 film The Great Escape. It is a classic tale of prisoners and their wardens in a battle of wits and wills. The brilliantly conceived escape plan is overshadowed only by the colorful, daring (and sometimes very funny) crew who executed itliterally under the noses of German guards. From the mens first days in Stalag Luft III and the forming of bonds among them, to the tunnel building, amazing escape, and eventual capture, Vances history is a vivid, compelling look at one of the greatest exfiltration missions of all time.
Shows the variety and depth of the men sent into harms way during World War II, something emphasized by the population of Stalag Luft III. Most of the Allied POWs were flyers, with all the technical, tactical and planning skills that profession requires. Such men are independent thinkers, craving open air and wide-open spaces, which meant that an obsession with escape was almost inevitable. John D. Gresham
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THE TRUE STORY OF THE GREAT ESCAPE
STALAG LUFT III, MARCH 1944
Jonathan F. Vance
The True Story of the Great Escape: Stalag Luft III, March 1944
Greenhill Books, c/o Pen & Sword Books Ltd,
47 Church Street, Barnsley, S. Yorkshire, S70 2AS, England
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Copyright Jonathan F. Vance, 2019
The right of Jonathan F. Vance to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyrights Designs and Patents Act 1988.
CIP data records for this title are available from the British Library
ISBN 978-1-78438-438-8
eISBN 978-1-78438-439-5
Mobi ISBN 978-1-78438-440-1
This book is dedicated to the memory of
The Fifty
Abort | Lavatory |
Anschluss | Nazi takeover of Austria |
Appell | Roll call |
Ausweis | Identity card |
Autobahn | Highway |
BATDU | Blind Approach Training Development Unit |
BEF | British Expeditionary Force |
Big S | Code name for George Harsh, head of security for the escape organization |
Big X | Code name for Roger Bushell, leader of the escape organization |
Circuit | A path around the perimeter wire of the camp |
CO | Commanding officer |
Cooler | Punishment block |
Dean and Dawson | Escape organizations forging operation |
DFC | Distinguished Flying Cross |
Dispersal | Means of hiding earth removed from a tunnel |
DSC | Distinguished Service Cross |
DSO | Distinguished Service Order |
Dulag Luft | Durchgangslager Luftwaffe , or Luftwaffe transit camp |
Duty pilot | Prisoner responsible for monitoring movement of guards through main gate |
EFTS | Elementary Flying Training School |
Ersatz | Substitute |
FAA | Fleet Air Arm |
Ferrets | Nickname for German guards specially trained to foil escape attempts |
FL | Flight Lieutenant |
FO | Flying Officer |
FTS | Flying Training School |
Gestapo | Geheimestaatspolizei , or state security police |
Ghost | Prisoner who fakes an escape and then hides, so that when he makes his genuine escape later, his absence will not be noticed |
Goon | Nickname for German guards |
Goonbox | Guard tower |
Goonskin | False German uniform |
Hardarser | Escaper planning to travel on foot |
HCU | Heavy Conversion Unit |
HMS | His Majestys Ship |
Hundfhrer | Camp official responsible for guard dogs |
Kit | Prisoners possessions, including clothing and toiletries |
Kiwi | New Zealander |
Klim | Canned powdered milk sent in Red Cross food parcels |
Kommandantur | Administrative building of a prison camp |
Kriegie | Kriegsgefangene , or prisoner of war |
Kriegsmarine | Germany navy |
Kripo | Kriminalpolizei , or criminal police |
Little S | Deputy security officer for each hut |
Little X | Escape officer designated for each hut |
Luftwaffe | German air force |
Muck cart | Wagon used to remove sewage from camp lavatory hut |
NCO | Non-commissioned officer |
Oflag | Offizierlager , or officers POW camp |
OKW | Oberkommando der Wehrmacht , or Armed Forces High Command |
Orderly | Enlisted man responsible for maintenance duties in POW compound |
Orpo | Ordnungspolizei , or regular uniformed police |
OTU | Operational Training Unit |
Penguin | Person engaged in the dispersal of tunnel soil |
Permanent Staff | POWs responsible for administrative matters in Dulag Luft |
PO | Pilot Officer |
POW | Prisoner of war |
PRU | Photo-Reconnaissance Unit |
Purge | Group of POWs moved into or out of a camp |
RAAF | Royal Australian Air Force |
RAF | Royal Air Force |
RAFVR | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
RCAF | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Reichsmarschall | Special rank created for Hermann Gring as head of the Luftwaffe |
RFC | Royal Flying Corps |
RNZAF | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
RSHA | Reichsicherheitshauptamt , or Reich Main Security Office |
SAAF | South African Air Force |
SBO | Senior British officer |
SFTS | Service Flying Training School |
Shoring | Wood used to brace a tunnel to prevent collapse |
Short service commission | Limited-term commission in RAF |
SL | Squadron Leader |
Stalag | Stammlager , or other ranks POW camp |
Stalag Luft | Air force prison camp |
Stooge | Lookout |
Trapfhrer | POW responsible for controlling a tunnel entrance |
USAAF | United States Army Air Forces |
Vorlager | Small separate compound housing service facilities |
WAAF | Womens Auxiliary Air Force |
Warning wire | Low wire inside the main prison camp fence that marks the beginning of the danger zone |
WO | Warrant Officer |
X Organization | Code name for Stalag Luft IIIs escape organization |
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