The real great escape was all British..
Great movie. I read the book by Brickhill and the movie is Very accurate, except for the Steve McQueen character, which they put in the script to appeal to American audiences. Take out McQueen (tho I enjoyed his character) and you have what really happened.
“The real great escape was all British..“
No, it wasn’t. Canadians and other allies were involved as well. There’s a Bonber Command museum about an our south of Calgary, in a town called Nanton, that has a display about this.
“The real great escape was all British..”
The escapees were British, Commonwealth, and foreigners serving in British military.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Allied_airmen_from_the_Great_Escape
Americans were involved in the digging of the tunnels but all were moved to another camp prior to the actual escape.