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'A vastly entertaining tale, bursting with astonishing stories and extraordinary characters ... A fascinating read' Sunday Telegraph
'Brilliant ... An amazing story, one I hadn't heard too much about' Dan Snow
IT IS THE DEPTHS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
The Germans like to boast that there is 'no escape'…
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What struck me about this book in the first place was it never occurred to me that prisoners stuck in Colditz could spy for the British. Quite remarkably, they somehow convinced the Germans they were really German sympathizers and were then allowed out periodically to wander around Germany.
Apparently, good information got back to Britain. The main attraction for me to the story was that besides being true, it was so unexpected.
It was also interesting that at the end of the war, Nazi sympathizers in Germany, including “Lord Haw Haw”, were promptly put on a trial that lasted a…
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