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History, The Wooden Horse, It is over fifty years since the critics of the day acclaimed The Wooden Horse as a superbly told story of the most ingenious and daring escape of the Second World War. Millions of readers agreed, and the book became a modern classic. This revised and expanded edition tells the tale. The escape itself was conceived on classical lines. The Greeks built a wooden horse and by means of it got into the city of Troy; in 1943 two British officers built a wooden horse and by means of it got out of a German prison camp. Together with a third companion, they were the only British prisoners ever to escape and reach England from this camp, though many tried. It was Stalag Luft III, designed especially to hold the Germans’ most prized captives - Allied aircrew - and considered to be escape-proof. The break from the camp itself is only part of the story. Once outside the wire the escapers were still faced with the problem of getting out of Germany. Fugitives in the midst of a watchful enemy population, they had many close shaves when disaster threatened to overwhelm them - adventures which the reader shares to the full.The fantastic nature of this enterprise, the patience, determination and endurance, above all the steel nerve it demanded from an undernourished physique, are rendered the more impressive by the manner of the telling. The characters are so surely drawn that they could not but be real. Throughout the book runs a vein of humour which alone made those days bearable. Thewarmth of human companionship born of privation, fear and a common purpose is vividly portrayed. eBook.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Motor_City_Books.
Two officers made home runs via a tunnel dug in the open air beneath a wooden vaulting horse from Stalag Luft III. The author, a Royal Air Force bomber captain, was shot down over Germany in 1942 and imprisoned in Stalag-Luft III (site of the 'Great Escape' later in the war).. He escaped after 10 months and, accompanied by a fellow RAF officer, made his way back to England. He relates his story in three distinct phases: the construction of a tunnel (its entrance camouflaged by the wooden vaulting horse in the exercise yard) and hiding the large quantities of sand he dug; the escape; and the journey on foot and by train to the port of Stettin, where Williams and his fellow escapee stowed away aboard a Danish ship, the Norensen. The story of the flight across Germany is particularly tense, as Williams relates how their clothing and fabricated travel papers became shabbier and more conspicuous. This classic escape-and-evasion story, an exciting read and is arguably the most ingenious POW escape of WWII. The Wooden Horse became a legend among servicemen long before its publication in 1949. It was famously filmed by Jack Lee, starring David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel, Bryan Forbes and Peter Finch. Paperback, Format: Import, Label: Pen & Sword Books, Pen & Sword Books, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2005-06-30, Studio: Pen & Sword Books.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books Ltd.
Pen & Sword Books. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

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biographies,europe,germany,history,humanities,life and institutions,military,poland,prisoners of war,textbooks, The Wooden Horse (Military Classics), Two officers made home runs via a tunnel dug in the open air beneath a wooden vaulting horse from Stalag Luft III. The author, a Royal Air Force bomber captain, was shot down over Germany in 1942 and imprisoned in Stalag-Luft III (site of the 'Great Escape' later in the war).. He escaped after 10 months and, accompanied by a fellow RAF officer, made his way back to England. He relates his story in three distinct phases: the construction of a tunnel (its entrance camouflaged by the wooden vaulting horse in the exercise yard) and hiding the large quantities of sand he dug; the escape; and the journey on foot and by train to the port of Stettin, where Williams and his fellow escapee stowed away aboard a Danish ship, the Norensen. The story of the flight across Germany is particularly tense, as Williams relates how their clothing and fabricated travel papers became shabbier and more conspicuous. This classic escape-and-evasion story, an exciting read and is arguably the most ingenious POW escape of WWII. The Wooden Horse became a legend among servicemen long before its publication in 1949. It was famously filmed by Jack Lee, starring David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel, Bryan Forbes and Peter Finch.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Any Book.
Published to coincide with a 6-part dramatized production on BBC Radio, this book tells the story one of the most ingenious and daring escapes of World War II. By concealing the entrance to a tunnel beneath a vaulting horse, three British officers were able to escape from a German prison camp. Hardcover, Ausgabe: Revised, Label: Collins, Collins, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1979, Studio: Collins, Verkaufsrang: 2983456.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books Ltd [53572034], Dunfermline, United Kingdom.
Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Julies Bookshop, Consett,Co Durham, [RE:4].
In VERY GOOD condition, nice and clean overall, dispatched daily from the UK This book is in VERY GOOD overall condition, with only minor signs of previous ownership. Hardcover, Revised edition. Revised.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, AwesomeBooks [51737811], Wallingford, United Kingdom.
- GREAT BOOK IN GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION, NORMALLY SENT SAME DAY FROM WAREHOUSE.

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Wooden-Horse~~Eric-Williams, The Wooden Horse, Paperback.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books UK, FIFE, Dunfermline, [RE:4].
Hard cover, Revised edition. Revised.