Thousand Islands Writers Festival Coming Event Ted Barris THE GREAT ESCAPE A CANADIAN STORY on January 18, 2014 at the Brockville Legion 180 Park Street (Lower Lounge) Cost is $10.00 On the night of March 24, 1944, 80 Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 336-foot-long tunnel and slipped into the forest beyond the wire of Stalag Luft III, a German POW compound near Sagan, Poland. The event became known as “The Great Escape,” an intricate breakout more than a year in the making, involving as many as 2,000 POWs working with extraordinary co-ordination, intelligence, and daring. Yet within a few days, all but three of the escapees were recaptured. But most don’t know the real story behind The Great Escape. Now, on the eve of its 70th anniversary, Ted Barris writes of the key players in the escape attempt, those who got away, those who didn’t, and their families at home. Barris marshals groundbreaking research into a compelling firsthand account.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 21:45:02 +0000
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