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by John Nichol (Author), Tony Rennell (Author)
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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (4 Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 014100388X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141003887
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 83,733 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #17 in  Books > History > Military History > Prisoners of War
    #18 in  Books > History > World History > World War II 1939-1945 > Prisoners of War
    #99 in  Books > History > World History > World War II 1939-1945 > Countries > Germany
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As WW2 drew to a close, hundreds of thousands of British and American prisoners of war, held in camps in Nazi-occupied Europe, faced the prospect that they would never get home alive. In the depths of winter, their guards harried them on marches outof their camps and away from the armies advancing into the heart of Hitler's defeated Germany. Hundreds died from exhaustion, disease and starvation. THE LAST ESCAPE is told through the testimony of those heroic men, now in their seventies and eighties and telling their stories publicly for the first time.

About the Author
John Nichol is a former RAF flight lieutenant whose Tornado fighter was shot down on a mission over Iraq during the Gulf War. He was captured and became a prisoner of war. He is the bestselling author of TORNADO DOWN and five other novels. He livesin Hertfordshire. Tony Rennell is the author of LAST DAYS OF GLORY for Viking, and WHEN DADDY CAME HOME. He lives in London NW3.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Only 50 years ago!, 26 Oct 2003
Astonshing and humbling account of heroism, immaculately researchred. You can no longer consider McQueen and Pat Reid as the POWs of WW2. Considering that this was so recent our kids should know what happened, so that they can understand the origins of what is occurring on our continent today.

Read this book and count the number of times you shake your head in disbelief at how so many ordinary men dealt with the extremes of cruelty, bad luck and bloody ill-fortune.

Not only that it is just really, really good reading

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Escape, 26 Nov 2003
By I K Ridland (Edinburgh United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This book tells in graphic detail the horrors undergone by thousands of British, Commonwealth and American POW's in the prison camps and on forced marches as the Second World War ground to a close. As well as telling the hitherto untold story of their experiences, it also uses extracts from a number of their memoirs. The descriptions of theor forced marches and the hell they underwent leave nothing to the imagination, and the events after their liberation also show how unready the allied command was for dealing with the thousands of displaced POW's. The book is very well written and many of the descriptions bring a lump to your throat when you realise just how badly most of our POW' wre treated in the camps.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars superb, 29 Dec 2002
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This is a truly excellent book. It reveals how POWs braved shocking conditions with bravery and fortitude. It shows that most POWs rose to the challenge of captivity but the authors do not shy away from exposing ccowards and n'eer do wells. The authors also show how the Allied governments could have done more to help POWs but did not. Most Germans do not emerge with credit but some do. If there is a moral here in what is a many sided book it is this: being a POW is often as hard as being a combatant.
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5.0 out of 5 stars the last escape
A really good read and very moving.My father was in stalag xxa captured near Melvill in France but never said anything about it.I just have a few photos. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Mark F. Bryan

5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Escape
This is a brilliantly researched book that tells a shocking true story. While researching my family history I came across a form completed by my uncle on his repatriation after... Read more
Published 6 months ago by M. A. Badger

4.0 out of 5 stars Unsung heroes
I was given this book by an ex WW2 POW, 89 years of age who spent nearly five years in three prison camps in the Silesia area of Poland. Read more
Published 14 months ago by KEN SCOTT author

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
What an astonishing read this book is. I never knew about this remarkable story of bravery, courage and fortitude by so many Allied prisoners of war. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr. N. R. Britten

5.0 out of 5 stars Humbling and harrowing
My late mother always said that her father was a hero, captured at St Valery and destined to spend the next 5 years in Stalag XXA. She told me he had to walk home. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2005 by D. Innes

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading about WWII POWs
This important book documents the treatment of allied POWs in disturbing and shocking first-hand accounts from 30-40 former prisoners who managed to survive the experience of... Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2004 by philip lay

5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Escape
This is quite simply one of the best and most moving books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. It is the often overlooked story of the marches forced upon the British,... Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2003 by christhomas18

5.0 out of 5 stars superb
This is an excellent and thought provoking book. It shows that many POWs were as heroic as men on the front line and it reveals how POWs were often callously abandoned in the... Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2002

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