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"A tight, fascinating, fantastic tale."—Philadelphia InquirerThey were American and British airforce officials in a German prison camp. The crudest of do-it-yourself resources and with just their bare hands, they sank shafts, forged passports, faked weapons, and customized German uniforms and civilian clothes. A fantastic security system was developed by them to safeguard themselves from German monitoring. It had been a split second procedure as fragile and as life-threatening as a period bomb.