Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of the 35,000 United States Army Air Force personnel captured at Stalag Luft III, a staggering 28,000 were members of the ...

As incredible as it seems, the POWs — “Kriegies” — played hockey games in the South Compound at Stalag Luft III near Sagan, Germany. The “Great Escape” camp was about 90 miles from Berlin. At the ...

Captive British airmen devise plans to escape Stalag Luft III prison via tunnels. Captive British airmen make it their mission to escape from a brand new Nazi prison – Stalag Luft III – by building ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Richard Attenborough and Steve McQueen in the 1963 film "The Great Escape," based on the 1944 mass breakout from Nazi Germany's ...

Golf, World War II, and Nazi prisoner-of-war camps do not go hand-in-hand. The game, however, helped Allied prisoners preserve their humanity at the infamous Stalag Luft III. Run by the Luftwaffe, ...

Editor’s note: The 16 th annual Vail Film Festival returns Aug. 15-18. In addition to more than 40 film screenings, the Vail Film Festival also offers a workshop, panel discussion and more while again ...

Trapped in one of the most secure World War II Prisoner of War camps, Stalag Luft III, some 10,000 men planned one of the greatest escape attempts of all time. Among the prisoners were former ...

All the letters home from captured British and other Allied airmen pictured Stalag Luft III as one of the best prison camps in Germany. The barracks squatted in a spacious clearing among the pine ...

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Each Sunday, “Extraordinary Life” looks back on someone whose life made a difference. Donald W. Pierce, 82, formerly of Cromwell, died Aug. 7. Like many veterans, Donald Pierce talked little about his ...