The Great Escape: 80th anniversary commemorations to get under way in Poland
Events held in Poznan and the site of Stalag Luft III mark the escape of 76 Allied PoWs – and the murder of 50 who were recaptured.
James Wharton is the North of England reporter at BFBS Forces News and a former soldier in the British Army. A veteran of Iraq, he served both operationally and ceremonially during a ten-year career in the Household Cavalry. After leaving the military, he retrained at the BFBS Academy before earning a degree from the University of Warwick.
