Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vi
Chapter 1 Yesterday's Shadows: Autumn 1939 1
Chapter 2 Poland Leads the Way: 1940 14
Chapter 3 The Challenge: Christmas 1940 to Early Spring 1941 28
Chapter 4 Restless Captives: Spring 1941 43
Chapter 5 Tameless and Proud: Early Summer 1941 58
Chapter 6 Sixty-Eight Dutchmen: Summer 1941 67
Chapter 7 A Bolt from the Blue: Late Summer 1941 79
Chapter 8 The Incorrigibles: Autumn and Winter 1941 91
Chapter 9 A Voice in Every Wind: Winter 1941-1942 103
Chapter 10 'Tis All a Checker Board: Winter to Spring 1942 109
Chapter 11 Physician Heal Thyself: Spring 1942 120
Chapter 12 Never a Dull Moment: Late Spring and Early Summer 1942 131
Chapter 13 No Coward Souls: Summer and Early Autumn 1942 141
Chapter 14 Swift Be Thy Flight: Late Autumn 1942 153
Chapter 15 Of Whom Each Strives: Winter and Early Spring 1943 163
Chapter 16 A Measure of Sliding Sand: Spring and Summer 1943 181
Chapter 17 That Dares Send a Challenge: Autumn and Winter 1943-1944 191
Chapter 18 Ashes and Snow: Spring 1944 204
Chapter 19 A Vision of Freedom: Summer and Autumn 1944 212
Chapter 20 They Mingled in the Fray: Autumn and Winter 1944-1945 229
Chapter 21 Firm to Their Mark: Winter 1944-1945 238
Chapter 22 Let the Hawk Fly Wild: Early Spring 1945 246
Chapter 23 In Spite of Darkness: April 1945 255
Chapter 24 A Grand Finale: April 1945 267
Epilogue: After Colditz 275
Appendix 1 Colditz Prisoners and Staff 281
Appendix 2 Escapes 314
Appendix 3 The Code 323
Appendix 4 An Exchange of Letters between the Author and Professor R. V. Jones, Author of Most Secret War 326
Appendix 5 Prisoners of War in the Western Theaters of the Second World War 529
Bibliography 333
Index 336
