The Wooden Horse - Eric Williams

Published by Armada Classics, 1989.

This is the true story of an escape from the "escape-resistant" Stalag 2 prisoner of war camp in World War 2. Eric Williams - one of the escapees - tells the story himself, about how they hid their tunnel under a wooden vaulting horse and avoided detection by implementing a fitness routine with a large number of other prisoners. Like any good escape story it has its highs and lows, successes and failures, but knowing it was true and is being told by one of the main participants adds an extra thrill to the proceedings.

Completed 22 February 2019.








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