Bombs and Barbed Wire

One Man's Great Escape

Jeff Steel

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Big Sky Publishing
07 July 2021

True war & combat stories; Second World War; Prisoners of war

His hatred of Nazism made him leave his six-month marriage to Miranda on hold. Over Germany his Halifax bomber is shot down by a night fighter: He has ten seconds to act or he will never see her again.

Ambrose Adlam did not even want to go to war. Hitler’s war came looking for him. The war enveloped him, it took over his world; there was no escape. To do nothing was not an option. Ambrose joined RAF ground crew. That was not enough. He volunteered for active service as a Flight Engineer in Halifax bombers. The RAF high command forgot to tell him that his chance of survival was minimal. Ambrose found out the hard way as his bomber plummeted to earth in flames. Parachuting into a duck pond in Nazi Germany, he narrowly escaped death. On the run, he is pursued by German forces. They shot him. He survived.

An odyssey through the monstrous world of Luftwaffe prisoner of war camps brought him to the eastern fringe of the Third Reich. The camp was called Stalag Luft III. Beneath the exterior calm of the camp routine, an ambitious plot was brewing. The prisoners were organising a mass breakout. There were hundreds involved. As a non-officer he would not be one to break free … but there was a lot that he could do to support the Great Escape.

This was his war, his mission in life and his purpose. But would he ever see Miranda again?

A gripping true story of love and war constructed from meticulous research, family records and eye-witness accounts.

By: Jeff Steel
Imprint: Big Sky Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781922488244
ISBN 10: 1922488240
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 07 July 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jeff Steel is a child of World War Two. Shocked at the sight of bombed-out London as a child, he has grappled ever since with the simple but profound question ‘what happened’. His deep interest in the war has led to many heart-rending interviews with those who took part. He has undertaken endless reading. He has visited World War Two sites from Churchill’s War Rooms in London to Pearl Harbour via Dresden and the Burma Railway. His first book ‘No Heil Hitler’ as ghost writer, told the compelling story a young boy’s Odyssey through the horrors of Nazi-occupied Poland. It won the Philpott Prize for a (then) unpublished manuscript. Jeff has written four books to date with plans to write many more.