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# The Great Escaper: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell

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The Great Escaper: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    This book does justice to a British airman and warrior who deserves to be remembered as he was -- and not as a movie
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2016*

Just read this book cover to cover, and couldn't put it down.Roger Bushell is best known as his fictional personality, "Roger Bartlett" from the World War II PoW movie "The Great Escape." He is less well-known as who he really was: sharp lawyer, crack fighter pilot, champion skier, ladies' man. Before he was shot down, he was one of the RAF's rising stars, and probably would have been a World War II fighter ace.After he was shot down (before the Battle of Britain), he spent his years in the German PoW camp system as one of Germany's tougher captives. He led the British escape efforts, turning them into organized operations. Keeping in contact with British intelligence in London through coded messages, he was able to provide them with useful information.His first escape had strange results. He hid in Prague with a Czech family, where he apparently romanced a young woman. She gave him Czech lessons and he gave her English lessons. This existence ended when someone ratted them out to the Gestapo in the wake of the assassination of SS Gruppenfuehrer Reinhard Heydrich, which also led to the destruction of Lidice. Roger was re-captured and shipped back to Stalag Luft III.Infuriated by what he had seen the Germans do to occupied Czechoslovakia, Roger organized the greatest escape effort of World War II, digging three tunnels at Stalag Luft III to scatter 250 PoWs across the Reich, headed for freedom. He knew that most would not make it home, but that was not his goal. It was to cause chaos for the German war machine as they would have to waste valuable resources hunting down the escapees. It was an operational war, and PoW escapes were operations, he said. Stalag Luft III became an escape factory, with forgers creating fake documents, tailors turning uniforms into civilian clothes, diggers in longjohns clawing at sand and dispersing it under buildings, and "stooges" sitting around keeping an eye on German guards to ensure security.The plan worked, but like most military operations, not as well as hoped. The first tunnel was found. The second had to be used for storage. Only 76 PoWs got out of the third. Sure enough, the Germans mobilized everything they had -- troops, cops, game wardens, Hitler Youth, and most importantly, the Gestapo. All but three of the escapees were recaptured. Hitler himself ordered 50 of them shot, in violation of international law, as a warning against other future escapes. The Gestapo committed the deadly deed, and 50 urns of ashes were shipped to Stalag Luft III. One of them was Roger's.This book is the first comprehensive biography of this unusual warrior, who fought his battles from behind the wire of a PoW camp, with the same determined energy and courage of his colleagues in the skies of Europe. His fate was truly tragic, but his example remains inspiring. This book does justice to a British airman and warrior who deserves to be remembered as he was -- and not as a movie.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A good account, perhaps not for everybody
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2020*

I avidly read The Great Escape book, and watched the film, as a teenager. Here, I'd say the author did a good job with the material at hand -- and which he went to some effort to find, in many cases. I didn't find it a particularly engrossing story, but for those who want to all they can of this bit of WWII history, I don't think they'll be disappointed.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    as hoped for
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2023*

it seems to be (haven't launched the dinghy yet) what I read in the description on Amazon...a book about someone previously neglected by the historians

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