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The Great Escape

The Great Escape

2021 · 1 season · 3 eps · ★ 8.0 · Documentary, War & Politics

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The story of the audacious Second World War prison break immortalised in the classic 1963 film, when 76 men tunnelled out of a German prison camp in March 1944 on a mission to cause mayhem in the heart of the Third Reich. The opening instalment reveals how the PoWs set about building three huge tunnels and preparing 200 men for escape from Stalag Luft III

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