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Bookmark or Share- Life behind the wire at Stalag Luft III | American Air MuseumStalag Luft III was one of nine prisoner-of-war camps (Kriegsgefangenenlagers in German) run by the Luftwaffe to house downed allied airmen, who nicknamed themselves 'Kriegies'. By the time of Jefferson’s arrival, the camp had become notorious for the number of escape attempts made by its prisoners, most notably the so-called Great Escape of ...
- Stalag Luft III True Story: The History Behind Masters Of The Air ... - MSNStalag Luft III was a real POW camp during WWII, known for The Great Escape where 76 men attempted to leave but only 3 succeeded. After the war, Stalag Luft III was dismantled, and...
- ‘The Great Escape’: The Audacious Real Story of the WWII Prison BreakThe mass escape of 76 Allied airmen from a Nazi POW camp in March 1944 remains one of history’s most famous prison breaks. Although the German Luftwaffe designed the Stalag Luft III camp to...
- The Real History Behind 'Masters of the Air' and the 100th Bomb GroupIn March 1944, when 76 Allied airmen escaped Stalag Luft III by digging tunnels under the camp (as dramatized in the 1963 film The Great Escape), the Germans retaliated brutally, recapturing all ...
- NOVA | Great Escape | The Three That Got Away | PBSSergeant Peter Bergsland was Norwegian. When the Germans invaded his country he fled to England. There he joined the RAF, was shot down, and duly arrived at Stalag Luft III. Sergeant...
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