{"product_id":"zero-night-the-untold-story-of-world-war-twos-greatest-escape-the-untold-story-of-world-war-twos-greatest-escape-hardcover","title":"Zero Night: The Untold Story of World War Two's Greatest Escape: The Untold Story of World War Two's Greatest Escape - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Felton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling, moment by moment account of an epic World War II escape and the real-life adventures that followed.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn August 30, 1942 - 'Zero Night' - 40 Allied officers staged the most audacious mass escape of World War II. Months of meticulous planning and secret training hung in the balance during three minutes of mayhem as the officers boldly stormed the huge double fences at Oflag Prison. Employing wooden ladders and bridges previously disguised as bookshelves, the highly coordinated effort succeeded and set 36 men free into the German countryside. Later known as the 'Warburg Wire Job', fellow prisoner and fighter ace Douglas Bader once described the attempt as 'the most brilliant escape conception of this war'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first author to tackle this remarkable story in detail, historian Mark Felton brilliantly evokes the suspense of the escape and the adventures of those escapees who managed to elude the Germans, as well as the courage of the civilians who risked their lives to help them in enemy territory. Fantastically intimate and told with a novelist's eye for drama and detail, this rip-roaring adventure is all the more thrilling because it really happened.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARK FELTON has written over a dozen books on prisoners of war, Japanese war crimes and Nazi war criminals, and writes regularly for magazines such as \u003ci\u003eMilitary History Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWorld War II\u003c\/i\u003e including \u003ci\u003eChina Station: The British Military in the Middle Kingdom, 1839-1997\u003c\/i\u003e. After almost a decade teaching in Shanghai he has returned to Colechester, England where he lives with his wife and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.5 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761036001568,"sku":"9781250073747","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d7a466b384ebf5532f0a5515e6a619e1.webp?v=1780197816","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/zero-night-the-untold-story-of-world-war-twos-greatest-escape-the-untold-story-of-world-war-twos-greatest-escape-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}