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Human Game

by Simon Read

Great britain, royal air forceWorld war, 1939-1945, prisoners and prisons, germanCriminal investigationWar criminalsWar crime trialsOfficersCrimes againstHistory

In March 1944, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III. Of the 73 captured, 50 were shot by direct order of Hitler. This book tells the story of how a British Bobby from Blackpool, Frank McKenna, was sent to post-war Germany on the express orders from Churchill to bring the Gestapo murderers to justice.

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Book data: Open Library