Most Popular Books by Paul Brickhill

"Famous true stories of the Second World War. The great escape: One of the most famous true stories, The great escape tells how more than six hundred men in a German prisoner-of-war camp worked together to achieve an extraordinarily daring break-out. Made famous by the Hollywood film of the same name, this book is the original story. White rabbit: 'The White Rabbit' was the code name of Wing Commander F.F.E. Yeo-Thomas when he parachuted into France in 1942 as a member of the Special Operations Executive. For the next eighteen months he was responsible for organising all the separate factions of the French Resistance into one combined 'secret army.' His capture by the Gestapo in March 1944 was a terrible blow for the Resistance movement. The story of his endurance, and his survival against all the odds, is an inspiring study int he triumph of the human spirit over the most terrible adversity"--Page [3] of jacket.