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La gran evasión es uno de los episodios más célebres de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Transcurridos 60 años del suceso, ha llegado el momento de rendir homenaje al ingenio de los hombres que hicieron posible esta audaz fuga. La gran evasión cuenta la historia de los oficiales que lograron atravesar la alambrada de espino y eludir las torres de vigilancia del Stalag Luft III, el modélico y supuestamente impenetrable campo de prisioneros que Göring ordenó construir. Algunos de ellos protagonizaron otros osados intentos de fuga, como el célebre episodio del «Caballo de Madera», que inspiró también un clásico del cine, o la poco conocida evasión de Sachsenhausen orquestada por cinco supervivientes de la Gran Evasión que, por orden personal de Hitler, fueron encerrados en el famoso campo de concentración para que murieran allí. También se revela el importante papel que desempeñó el Stalag Luft III en las operaciones de inteligencia aliadas dentro de la Europa ocupada: los prisioneros extendieron una intrincada red de espionaje a través de la cual proporcionaron a Londres y Washington detalles del despliegue militar y del nivel de las operaciones enemigas y transmitieron información sobre la efectividad de los ataques aéreos. El autor no olvida la vertiente trágica del heroico episodio: cincuenta de los participantes en la Gran Evasión fueron asesinados por la Gestapo. Analiza sus muertes y la investigación llevada a cabo después de la guerra para llevar ante la justicia a los asesinos.
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The great escapers: the full story of the Second World War's most remarkable mass escape
2005, BBC Audiobooks, Thorndike Press
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The great escape from Stalag Luft III: the full story of how 76 Allied officers carried out World War II's most remarkable mass escape
2004, Pocket Books
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La gran evasión: La verdadera historia de la fuga más famosa de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
2004, Inédita Editores
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The great escapers: the full story of the Second World War's most remarkable mass escape
2004, Mainstream Pub.
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The true story of one of the most heroic feats of World War II...the daring prison camp breakout that inspired the classic film The Great Escape.
Stalag Luft III was one of the Germans' "escape-proof" prison camps, specially built by Hermann Göring to hold Allied troops. But on March 24, 1944, in a courageous attempt by two hundred prisoners to break out through a series of tunnels, seventy-six Allied officers managed to evade capture -- and create havoc behind enemy lines in the months before the Normandy Invasion.
This is the incredible story of these brave men who broke free from the supposedly impenetrable barbed wire and watchtowers of Stalag Luft III -- and who played an important role in Allied intelligence operations within occupied Europe. The prisoners developed an intricate espionage network, relaying details of military deployment, bombings, and raids. Some of them were involved in other daring escape attempts, including the famous Wooden Horse episode, also turned into a classic film, and the little-known Sachsenhausen breakout, engineered by five Great Escapers sent to die in the notorious concentration camp on Hitler's personal orders. Tragically, fifty of those involved in the Great Escape were murdered by the Gestapo. Others were recaptured; only a few made it all the way to freedom. This dramatic account of personal heroism is a testament to their ingenuity and achievement -- a stirring tribute to the men who never gave up fighting.
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