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Great escapes exhibit explores how World War II captives coped with tedium and torment
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. Few managed to make such bold dashes to freedom during the war, but an exhibit that opened Friday at the U.K. National Archives in London uses the 80th anniversary of the breakout as an entry point to explore escapes of all types — some physical, others creative — to ease the tedium and torment of captivity among prisoners of war and civilians held in internment camps in Europe and Asia.
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Great escapes exhibit explores how World War II captives coped with tedium and torment
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 were…
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Great escapes exhibit explores how World War II captives coped with tedium and torment
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
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PoW's secret codes that fooled the Nazis: How Spitfire pilot held in 'Great Escape' camp sent coded message to British MI9 spies hidden in letter about 'glorious weather' to his mother
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.
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