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The grand escape : the greatest prison breakout of the 20th century
Title:
The grand escape : the greatest prison breakout of the 20th century
ISBN:
9781338140347
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Reading Level:
1070 L Lexile
Summary:
At the height of World War I, as battles raged in the trenches and in the air, another struggle for survival was being waged in the most notorious POW camp in all of Germany: Holzminden. A land-locked Alcatraz of sorts, it was home to the most troublesome Allied prisoners--and the most talented at escape. The Grand Escape tells the remarkable tale of a band of pilots who pulled off an ingenious plan and made it out of enemy territory in the biggest breakout of WWI, inspiring their countrymen in the darkest hours of the war. --
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