Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight. New archival mylar dj cover. 24 cm. 191 pages. Originally published as Prisoner's Bluff. Two German POWs escape from a camp in India in 1944 and undertake an extraordinary overland journey attempting to reach German-held territory. Additional info or photos on request. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance.

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Title

Our Chances Were Zero: The Daring Escape by Two Germans from India in 1944

Publisher

Leo Cooper, London

Publication Date

2001

Language

English

ISBN 10

0850528445

ISBN 13

9780850528442

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

FINE

Dust Jacket Condition

FINE

Weight

595 grams

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During World War II the British imprisoned many German and Italian prisoners of war and civilian internees in India. The less co-operative prisoners were kept under harsh conditions in camps in the Himalayan foothills.

The author was a German civilian working in India at the outbreak of war and was promptly interned by the British. In 1942 Magener and another prisoner, Heins von Have, finally managed to escape. Getting out of the camp was only the prelude to the difficult task of making their way across the entire Indian sub-continent in an attempt to reach friendly territory.

Disguising themselves as British officers, the two Germans made an epic journey across India and through British forces on the Burma frontier in an attempt to link up with advancing Japanese forces. Ironically, the Japanese unit they finally located did not believe their story and they came close to being executed as spies.

His grippingly told personal narrative of a German's escape from Allied custody is unique in the annals of prisoner-of-war escape and evasion.

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Rolf Magener is an author who saw action in World War II.

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