The Great Escapers WW2

Jul 28, 202653:22Society & Culture

In September of 1943, thousands of British servicemen were being held in Italian PoW camps. When Mussolini fell, many stayed put, hoping to be liberated by an Allied advance. But others took their fates in to their own h...

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