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Eighty years ago in one of the most ingenious and audacious acts of defiance of World War II, 76 prisoners of war tunneled out of a German POW camp into a snowy forest. For most of the escapees, it ended tragically. Three made it to safety, but the others&#x20...

LONDON — Eighty years ago in one of the most ingenious and audacious acts of defiance of World War II, 76 prisoners of war tunneled out of a German POW camp into a snowy forest. For most of the escapees, it ended tragically. Three made it to safety, but the

The coded message was sent by Peter Gardner in a letter that was addressed to his mother and which accompanied a photo of an old school friend. Above: The tiny coded message with the photo.

The mass 1944 breakout of Allied prisoners of war from the notorious Stalag Luft III camp was famously immortalised by Hollywood.The audacious breakout from Stalag Luft III might have captured the public's imagination, but a lesser known escape of 70 German prisoners from a camp in Wales also features in the exhibition.

The mass 1944 breakout of Allied prisoners of war from the notorious Stalag Luft III camp was famously immortalised by Hollywood.

The mass 1944 breakout of Allied prisoners of war from the notorious Stalag Luft III camp was famously immortalised by Hollywood.

Message asking for forging materials was sent by a British officer held in Stalag Luft III – two years before 76 PoWs staged a mass breakout

The recently unearthed secret missive casts fascinating new light on how - right under their Nazi captors noses - Allied POWs communicated with the intelligence services

A prisoner of war held in the Nazi camp that inspired the 1963 film The Great Escape sent a secret message to military intelligence hidden in a letter to his mother.

Called LS IMM Mexico, the unit is based in Monterrey and is led by Kevin Kim and Fulvio Menconi.