title: The True Story of the Wooden Horse
author: Robert J. Laplander
description: "illustrated by a number of fascinating photos...an in depth account of the Wooden Horse escape authoritatively set within the context of Stalag Luft III's brief history from March 1942 to January 1945" (<i>Toy Soldier and Model Figure Magazine</i>)<br /><br />Laplander, a military historian, documents the Wooden Horse escape from Stalag Luft III, when 76 Royal Air Force officers attempted to escape the German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. Three were successful in escaping through a tunnel, and the others were recaptured, some murdered by the Nazis. He describes the initial capture of the British soldiers, their captivity, and the escape and aftermath. (<i>Protoview</i>)
zlib_text: THE
  WOODEN
  HORSE
  
  THE
  WOODEN
  HORSE
  ERIC WILLIAMS
  
  First published in Great Britain in 1949 by
  William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow.
  Reprinted in 2005 by Pen & Sword Military Classics
  Republished in this format in 2013 by
  PEN & SWORD MILITARY
  An imprint of
  Pen & Sword Books Ltd
  47 Church Street
  Barnsley
  South Yorkshire
  S70 2AS
  Copyright © Eric Williams, 1949, 1979, 2005 and 2013
  ISBN 978 1 78346 241 4
  The right of Eric Williams to be identified as Author
  of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with
  the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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  By CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY
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