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In Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle, author Ben Macintyre writes that prisoners of war would look down from the castle onto the the town of Colditz below.

Ben Macintyre’s most recent book reveals hidden insights into World War II’s Colditz POW camp.

A lot of famous people have served their countries well when the need arose. Some stories are well-known---like Ernest Hemingway drawing on his wartime

Her no-nonsense attitude endeared her to the Queen Mother and brought her late-life literary success when she published her memoirs

SAS: Rogue Heroes ending explained, as the epic finale aired on November 20. Heres everything that went down, and what really happened to David Stirling

Macintyre breathes new life into memorable stories of courage and faith told from within the walls of Colditz Castle.

Willie admires the contestants on TV's "SAS: Who Dares Wins" but not as much as the man who founded the SAS in the first place...

Allied prisoners tried tunnels, human catapults and even a glider in their attempts to escape from Colditz, the infamous Nazi-run prisoner-of-war camp in the Second World War. Historian Ben Macintyre explores some of those incredible tales in his new book.

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David Stirling, in full Sir David Stirling, original name Archibald David Stirling, (born November 15, 1915, Stirlingshire? [now in Stirling], Scotland—died November 4, 1990, London, England), British army officer who founded and led the elite British Special Air Service (SAS) regiment during World War II. The son of a brigadier general, Stirling attended Trinity College, Cambridge, for a year; in 1939 he joined the Scots Guard Supplementary Reserve of Officers and the next year the commando ...