Great Desert Escape
«“With all of the emphasis on Allied POW escapes over the years, it is interesting to learn about the same from the German perspective.” - New York Journal of Books
“The Great Desert Escape is an extremely well-written account...If your measure of an interesting book (that also holds your attention) is that it makes you read more information on the various topics discussed within, then The Great Desert Escape is for you.”
-Military Review - The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army»
Dramatic, highly readable, and painstakingly researched, The Great Desert Escape brings to light a little-known escape by 25 determined German sailors from an American prisoner-of-war camp.The disciplined Germans tunneled unnoticed through rock-hard, sunbaked soil and crossed the unforgiving Arizona desert. Les mer
At the US Army's prisoner-of-war camp at Papago Park just outside of Phoenix, life was, at the best of times, uneasy for the German Kreigsmariners. On the outside of their prison fences were Americans who wanted nothing more than to see them die slow deaths for their perceived roles in killing fathers and brothers in Europe. Many of these German prisoners had heard rumors of execution for those who escaped.
On the inside were rabid Nazis determined to get home and continue the fight. At Papago Park in March 1944, a newly arrived prisoner who was believed to have divulged classified information to the Americans was murdered-hung in one of the barracks by seven of his fellow prisoners.
The prisoners of war dug a tunnel 6 feet deep and 178 feet long, finishing in December 1944. Once free of the camp, the 25 Germans scattered. The cold and rainy weather caused several of the escapees to turn themselves in. One attempted to hitchhike his way into Phoenix, his accent betraying him. Others lived like coyotes among the rocks and caves overlooking Papago Park. All the while, the escapees were pursued by soldiers, federal agents, police and Native American trackers determined to stop them from reaching Mexico and freedom.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- The Lyons Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781493057795
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«“With all of the emphasis on Allied POW escapes over the years, it is interesting to learn about the same from the German perspective.” - New York Journal of Books
“The Great Desert Escape is an extremely well-written account...If your measure of an interesting book (that also holds your attention) is that it makes you read more information on the various topics discussed within, then The Great Desert Escape is for you.”
-Military Review - The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army»