World War II: 76 Allied POWs Escape Stalag Luft III, March 24, 1944
World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
Date: March 24, 1944
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