the story of which was forever immortalised in the 1963 film The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen. Although the mass escape, which was the largest attempted during WW2, had nothing to do with ...

A true-life WWII POW story gets all-star Hollywood treatment, topped by Steve McQueen’s iconic (and fictional) motorbike ride towards freedom. “A hit with the critics and at the box office, The Great ...