Zero Night : the untold story of World War Two's greatest escape
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Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
ISBN
9781250073747, 125007374X
Status
Villa Park Public Library - Nonfiction
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Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xvii, 299 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781250073747, 125007374X
UPC
40025242037
Notes
General Note
"Thomas Dunne Books."
General Note
"First published in Great Britain by Icon Books Ltd [in 2014]"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-290)and index.
Description
"On August 30, 1942--Zero Night--40 Allied officers staged the most audacious mass escape of World War II. Months of meticulous planning and secret training hung in the balance during three minutes of mayhem as the officers boldly stormed the huge double fences at Oflag Prison. Employing wooden ladders and bridges previously disguised as bookshelves, the highly coordinated effort succeeded and set 36 men free into the German countryside. Later known as the 'Warburg Wire Job', fellow prisoner and fighter ace Douglas Bader once described the attempt as 'the most brilliant escape conception of this war'. The first author to tackle this remarkable story in detail, historian Mark Felton brilliantly evokes the suspense of the escape and the adventures of those escapees who managed to elude the Germans, as well as the courage of the civilians who risked their lives to help them in enemy territory. Fantastically intimate and told with a novelist's eye for drama and detail, this rip-roaring adventure is all the more thrilling because it really happened"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Felton, M. (2015). Zero Night: the untold story of World War Two's greatest escape (First U.S. Edition.). St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Felton, Mark, 1974-. 2015. Zero Night: The Untold Story of World War Two's Greatest Escape. St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Felton, Mark, 1974-. Zero Night: The Untold Story of World War Two's Greatest Escape St. Martin's Press, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Felton, Mark. Zero Night: The Untold Story of World War Two's Greatest Escape First U.S. Edition., St. Martin's Press, 2015.
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