Sentences with phrase «iii prisoner of war camp»

John Sturges» The Great Escape tells the true story of the daring prison break attempt at the German Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp in March 1944.

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(As the extermination and cremation area, Camp III was under heavy guard and cut off from the rest of the camp; its inhabitants could not take part in the well - known prisoner revolt of October 1943, when about 300 inmates managed to escape — most were later caught and did not survive the war.)

Stalag Luft III was a large prisoner - of - war camp opened in April 1942 in occupied Poland.