The Great Escape: Paul BrickhillThey were American and British air force officers in a German prison camp. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, forged passports, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from German surveillance. It was a split second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. It demanded the concentrated devotion and vigilance