Tension in Stalag Luft III
25th January 1945: Rumours abound amongst Allied POWs as the Germans realise that the Soviet Army is rapidly approaching

The easternmost Prisoner of War camps were already being evacuated and the prisoners forced out onto the roads for the march westwards. Further west there were more groups of camps waiting for the Germans to make a d…
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