Description
Product ID: | 9781472112620 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Human Game: Hunting the Great Escape Murderers |
Authors: | Author: Simon Read |
Page Count: | 432 |
Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Second World War, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating After the "Great Escape", The Hunt for the Killers of Stalag Luft III. In March 1944, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III. Of the 73 captured, 50 were shot by direct order of Hitler. This is the story of how a British Bobby from Blackpool, Frank McKenna, was sent to post-war Germany on the express orders from Churchill to bring the Gestapo murderers to justice. |
Imprint Name: | Constable |
Publisher Name: | Little, Brown Book Group |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2014-01-16 |