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Nov 23, 2021 · Around 5 a.m., a German soldier on patrol nearly fell into the exit shaft and discovered the tunnel. The prisoners inside scrambled back to the hut and burned their forged documents. The Nazis ...
Mar 24, 2024 · The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen, was one of the highest-grossing films of 1963 and has been cemented as a true classic. While it was based on a true story, historians have raised their ...
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On March 24 1944, one of the most audacious projects carried out during WW2 occurred. It was the mass escape of Allied soldiers from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III, the story of which was forever immortalised in the 1963 film The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen. Although the mass escape, which was the largest attempted ...
The Great Escape continues to receive acclaim from modern critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on 53 reviews. The site's critics consensus reads, "With its impeccably slow-building story and a cast for the ages, The Great Escape is an all-time action classic." [63]
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- Stalag Luft III was a POW camp in modern day Poland run by the Luftwaffe. It was an officer-only camp located near Sagan (Zagan) that opened in 1942. The camp was subsequently expanded to take American Air Force prisoners.
- The Great Escape was not the first escape attempt from Stalag Luft III. Many attempts had been made to dig tunnels out of the camp. In 1943, Oliver Philpot, Eric Williams and Michael Codner successfully escaped from Stalag Luft III by digging a tunnel under the perimeter fence concealed by a wooden vaulting horse.
- The Great Escape was conceived by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell. Bushell, a South African-born pilot, was captured after crash-landing in his Spitfire during the Dunkirk evacuation in May 1940.
- The Great Escape was unprecedented in scale. Bushell’s plan involved digging 3 trenches and envisaged breaking out more than 200 prisoners. More than twice that number actually worked on the tunnels.
Aug 24, 2024 · The true story of a massive prison breakout from a German POW camp inspired the plot of the beloved movie, The Great Escape. In truth, the actual historical events involved real-life figures not ...
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Oct 22, 2022 · "The Great Escape" is based on the book by Paul Brickhill, an Australian fighter pilot who was a prisoner at the real Stalag Luft III in modern-day Poland. He had a minor role in the escape plan ...
