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The Great Escape is an intimate account about a group of Allied airmen’s meticulous planning and executing an escape from Stalag Luft III, a German POW camp in 1944. After a year of digging tunnels, facing great difficulties under the watchful eyes of the prison guards and spies, 76 prisoners escape, only for 73 of them to be recaptured. 50 of the recaptured were shot by the Gestapo.
1950 (US), 1951 (UK) The Great Escape is a 1950 book by Australian writer Paul Brickhill that provides an insider's account of the 1944 mass escape from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III for British and Commonwealth airmen. As a prisoner in the camp, he participated in the escape plan but was debarred from the actual escape 'along ...
Aug 17, 2004 · The Great Escape. Paperback – August 17, 2004. "A tense, thrilling, fabulous tale." ―Philadelphia Inquirer. They were American and British air force officers in a German prison camp. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, forged passports, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes.
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The Great Escape. One of the most exciting adventure tales ever told, this action epic recounts the planning, execution, and aftermath of a daring true-life escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, in which 250 men attempted to tunnel their way to freedom. In the role that cemented his superstar status, Steve McQueen plays ...
Nov 23, 2021 · The audacity and resourcefulness demonstrated by the Allied pilots was the stuff movies are made of, and the breakout was immortalized in the 1963 blockbuster The Great Escape, which starred Steve ...
Watch The Great Escape, a classic war film based on a true story of a daring escape from a Nazi prison camp by Allied soldiers. This thrilling and suspenseful movie won three Oscars and features an all-star cast, including Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough. Stream it for free on Tubi, the largest library of free movies and TV shows.
Watch the official trailer of "The Great Escape," a classic 1963 film about Allied POWs planning a massive escape from a German camp during WWII.
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