Richard Garrett (author)

Richard Garrett (author)

Richard Garrett (born 1920) is an English author and an ex-Prisoner of War and escaper.

He served in the British Army during World War II but was captured in Norway. He subsequently escaped but was captured by the Germans in Tunisia. He remained a POW until liberated by the Americans in April 1945. He has written forty-five books.

Works

* "Great Escapes of World War II - and some that failed to make it", Richard Garrett, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1989, ISBN 0-297-79416-7

External links

*worldcat id|lccn-n79-115441


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