'It didn't express the real horror': The true story of The Great Escape
- Posted on March 24, 2025
- By BBC News
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'It didn't express the real horror': The true story of The Great Escape

In March 1944, 76 officers broke out of a German prisoner-of-war camp. In 1977, a key member of the escape team talked to the BBC about the mission, and the Hollywood film it inspired.