the great escape
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… the camp is best known for three famous prisoner escapes that took place there by tunnelling, which were depicted in the films The Great Escape (1963) and The Wooden Horse (1950), and the books by former prisoners Paul Brickhill and Eric Williams from which these films were adapted. [2]
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Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luft, or Permanent Camp for Airmen #3) was a Luftwaffe run prisoner-of-war camp during World War II that housed captured air force servicemen. [2]
The depiction of what happened to the recaptured prisoners in the movie of THE GREAT ESCAPE is reasonably accurate as detailed on the historyinfilm site…specifically on the “Reprisal” page; along with being detailed in the various published accounts. [1]
The first prisoners, or kriegies, as they called themselves (from “Kriegsgefangener “), to be housed at Stalag Luft III were British RAF and Fleet Air Arm officers, arriving in April 1942. [...] Each day the horse was carried out to the same spot near the perimeter fence, and while prisoners conducted gymnastic exercises above, from under the horse a tunnel was dug. [2]
Allied POWs plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. [1]
Accounts of this escape, long overshadowed by The Great Escape, were recorded in the book Goon in the Block (later retitled The Wooden Horse) by Williams, the book Stolen Journey by Philpot, and the 1950 film The Wooden Horse. [...] The first compound (East Compound) of the camp was completed and opened on 21 March 1942. [...] Luft III issued “Non-working” German civilian rations which allowed 1,928 Calories per day, with the balance made up from British Red Cross parcels and items sent to the POWs by their families. [...] Captured Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy) crew were considered to be Air Force by the Luftwaffe and no differentiation was made. [2]
… virtually all the major engineering aspects in regards to the tunnels and the initial escape in the film are as they were actually acheived in the real escape. [1]
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Despite being an officers-only camp, it was referred to as a Stalag camp rather than Oflag (Offizier Lager) as the Luftwaffe had their own nomenclature. [2]
Sources:
[1] The Great Escape (1963)
[2] Stalag Luft III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] The Great Escape