Throughout WWII, thousands of Allied prisoners dreamed of
outwitting their captors and returning to war against the Axis.
Their ingenuity knew no bounds: they went over the barbed wire
surrounding them and under it as well; they built tunnels of
enormous length and complexity, often working with only their bare
hands. They concealed themselves in their captors' vehicles and
hitched rides to freedom. They became world-class forgers and
tailors; they stole anything that might be useful to their escapes
that wasn't actually red-hot or nailed down. Some of them made it
to freedom; some did not. Many of those who failed simply tried
again and again until they succeeded. Some of the escapers who were
caught were murdered by the Japanese or the German Gestapo. That
did not stop others from risking torture or death to gain their
freedom. Many men whose break was initially successful would not
have survived save for the dangerous, selfless help of civilians,
especially in occupied Europe and the Philippine Islands. The
stories in The Greatest Escapes of WWII highlight the courage,
endurance, and ingenuity of Allied prisoners, chronicling their
ceaseless efforts and the alarm that spread far and wide when one
or more escaped. These escapes tied up thousands of Axis soldiers
who might otherwise have prolonged the war for many more bloody
months. The troops committed to guard the Allied prisoners and
recapture escapers numbered in the hundreds of thousands.
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