Longest Tunnel: True Story of the Great Escape
- ISBN-10
- 0747509549
- ISBN-13
- 9780747509547
- Pages
- 308
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991-06-20
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Author
- Alan Burgess
Description
A carefully researched account of how 76 British and American officers escaped from Stalag Luft III. Known as the Great Escape, this is one of the best-known escape stories of World War II. Only three escapees reached freedom and over 50 were executed on Hitler's orders.
