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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Dando-Collins, Stephen, author.     Subjects     Oflag 64 (Concentration camp)     United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Poland -- Szubin.     Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Poland -- Szubin -- History -- 20th century.     Prisoners of war -- Poland -- Szubin -- Biography.     Americans -- Poland -- Szubin -- Biography.     Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dando-Collins, Stephen, author.       by title:      The big break : the ...         MARC Display

The big break : the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told / Stephen Dando-Collins. by Dando-Collins, Stephen, author. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017. Subjects Oflag 64 (Concentration camp)   United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Poland -- Szubin.   Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Poland -- Szubin -- History -- 20th century.   Prisoners of war -- Poland -- Szubin -- Biography.   Americans -- Poland -- Szubin -- Biography.   Soldiers -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9781250087560 (hardcover) : 1250087562 (hardcover) : Description:  xvii, 252 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Edition:  First Edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "The story opens in the stinking latrines of the Schubin camp as an American and a Canadian lead the digging of a tunnel which enabled a break involving 36 prisoners of war (POWs). The Germans then converted the camp to Oflag 64, to exclusively hold US Army officers, with more than 1500 Americans ultimately housed there. Plucky Americans attempted a variety of escapes until January, 1945, only to be thwarted every time. Then, with the Red Army advancing closer every day, camp commandant Colonel Fritz Schneider received orders from Berlin to march his prisoners west. Game on! Over the next few days, 250 US Army officers would succeed in escaping east to link up with the Russians--although they would prove almost as dangerous as the Nazis--only to be ordered once they arrived back in the United States not to talk about their adventures. Within months, General Patton would launch a bloody bid to rescue the remaining Schubin Americans. In The Big Break, this previously untold story follows POWs including General Eisenhower's personal aide, General Patton's son-in-law, and Ernest Hemingway's eldest son as they struggled to be free. Military historian and Paul Brickhill biographer Stephen Dando-Collins expertly chronicles this gripping story of Americans determined to be free, brave Poles risking their lives to help them, and dogmatic Nazis determined to stop them"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 940.54724 Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.54724 Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.54724 Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Adult Biography B Williams Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.54724 Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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