The Diggers of Colditz: The classic Australian POW story about escape from the inescapable: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Diggers of Colditz: The classic Australian POW story about escape from the inescapable runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Steve Shanahan (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.5 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Steve Shanahan
Steve Shanahan narrates 29 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 311 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
745 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
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- Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Diggers of Colditz: The classic Australian POW story about escape from the inescapable is an audiobook by Jack Champ and Colin Burgess: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Steve Shanahan, released June 17, 2019, on the Military (History) and Military (Biography & Memoir) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steve Shanahan
- Released
- June 17, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History), Military (Biography & Memoir), Australia & Oceania
- ISBN
- 9781760852160
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Diggers of Colditz: The classic Australian POW story about escape from the inescapable as an audiobook?
The Diggers of Colditz: The classic Australian POW story about escape from the inescapable runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is The Diggers of Colditz: The classic Australian POW story about escape from the inescapable free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Diggers of Colditz: The classic Australian POW story about escape from the inescapable?
The Diggers of Colditz: The classic Australian POW story about escape from the inescapable is narrated by Steve Shanahan.