Stalag Luft III: An Official History of the 'Great Escape' PoW Camp

An official, firsthand history of Stalag Luft III, revealing life, escape attempts, and survival in WWII captivity.

Opened in the spring of 1942 to house captured Allied airmen, Stalag Luft III at Sagan was planned and built to make escape particularly difficult, especially tunnelling. This, though, did not deter the prisoners. Numerous escape attempts followed, involving prisoners trying to go over, through or under the wire fences. In some cases they succeeded. It is for two of the success...