Colditz

The Full Story

P R Reid author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:4th Feb '21

£12.99

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From the Pan Military Classics Series comes the definitive account of life in the famous fortress Colditz Castle.

An authoritative account of life in the famous Colditz Castle by one of the few prisoners of war who managed to escape.

Daring escapes, ingenious plans and heroic feats are revealed in Major Pat Reid’s classic Second World War history of Colditz, the infamous prisoner-of-war camp.

The great fortress was supposed to be escape-proof and Reid was one of only a few men who successfully broke out. Now, in Colditz: The Full Story, he draws on extensive research to evoke life in the German camp. He recounts how prisoners from the British Commonwealth, America, Belgium, France, Holland, Czechoslovakia, Germany and Poland were incarcerated in suffocating intimacy – and yet, amongst them, loyalty and generosity thrived. As did plots to escape, most of which were unsuccessful.

From his own experience as one of the first captives to be imprisoned in the camp, he reveals the code systems between the War Office and Colditz; shows how he obtained information on Germany’s secret weapons; and investigates the existence of traitors and the situation of non-collaborators. This is a vivid and fascinating account that pays tribute to the bravery of the men living under enemy control who refused to give up the fight.

‘Highly recommended reading’ New York Times

[T]his book is highly recommended reading * The New York Times *

ISBN: 9781529048094

Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 31mm

Weight: 296g

416 pages