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The story of the ingenious escape attempts from Colditz are almost as famous as that of The Great Escape, and the book was immensely successful, not just becoming a TV series (which this edition was released to tie in with) but a board game which I remember playing in the seventies. The book used to be in just about every library (including ...
Jan 1, 2001 · The Colditz Story. Paperback – January 1, 2001. Colditz was the last stop for prisoners of war in the Second World War. It was to this impregnable fortress that the Germans sent all those prisoners who persisted in escaping from other camps, such as Stalag Luft III (of THE GREAT ESCAPE FAME). Once within the walls of Colditz, the Germans ...
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Jan 1, 2014 · The Colditz Story by Maj. P.R Reid is a classic escape story of Allied Officers incarcerated by the Germans at Colditz Castle during World War-II. Years back I had read an abstract of this book in Reader’s Digest.
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Jan 15, 2015 · Colditz: The Full Story. Paperback – January 15, 2015. by P. R. Reid (Author) 4.5 205 ratings. Part of: Fortress (84 books) See all formats and editions. The Germans thought escape was impossible. These men proved them wrong. Colditz Castle, located near Leipzig Germany, was the last stop for select Allied prisoners during World War II.
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Dec 4, 2014 · Patrick Robert "Pat" Reid, MBE, MC was a British Army Officer and author of two bestselling memoirs of his time as a Nazi Prisoner of War at Colditz Castle in Germany, The Colditz Story and The Latter Days at Colditz. These books became the basis of a film starring Sir John Mills, and a successful television series starring Robert Wagner and ...
The Colditz Story by P. R. Reid, tells the story of Mr. Reid's escapes from German POW camps and attempts to get out of Germany during World War II from his initial capture until he finally succeeded in October 1942. Mr Reid was a captain in the British Army and was captured in June 1940.
