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1986 film directed by Gideon Amir
P.O.W. The Escape is a 1986 American war film directed by Gideon Amir and starring David Carradine, Charles Grant, Mako and Steve James. It is a loose
P.O.W._The_Escape
Board game published in 1973
Reid, a former POW who escaped from Colditz, the game was released during the first run of the popular television series Colditz, and the game likewise
Escape_from_Colditz
World War II Luftwaffe-run prisoner of war camp
The site was selected because its sandy soil made it difficult for POWs to escape by tunnelling. It is best known for two escape plots by Allied POWs
Stalag_Luft_III
1963 American epic historical war film
book of the same name, the film depicts a heavily fictionalized version of the mass escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from German POW camp
The_Great_Escape_(film)
South Korean POWs who have escaped in recent years, allege that there had been coercion. When negotiations for POW exchanges began in 1951, the UN Command
Korean War POWs detained in North Korea
Korean_War_POWs_detained_in_North_Korea
inmates at the Angler POW Camp near Neys Provincial Park on the north shore of Lake Superior planned the largest escape from a Canadian POW camp during
Angler_POW_escape
October. He also escaped in World War II, this time as a general (see next section). July 4, 1915 – Gunther Plüschow escaped from a POW camp at Donington
List of prisoner-of-war escapes
List_of_prisoner-of-war_escapes
Maps made for soldiers caught behind enemy lines
escape map for use in July 1918 by prisoners in the German Holzminden POW Camp, sections of map were sewn into the clothing of prisoners who escaped via
Escape_and_evasion_map
South Korean military officer (1930–2006)
served South Korea, during the Korean War. Cho Chang-ho is known as the first South Korean POW to escape from North Korea after the Korean Armistice Agreement
Cho Chang-ho (military officer)
Cho_Chang-ho_(military_officer)
Military term for a captive of the enemy
of war (POW) is a person held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner
Prisoner_of_war
1942 British prisoners-of-war revolt
(POWs) revolted against their Japanese captors in the Selarang Barracks camps in Changi, Singapore. The Japanese had recaptured four POWs who escaped from
Selarang_Barracks_incident
1950 book by Paul Brickhill
violation of the ratified 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War, which specified that P.O.W.'s could not be killed for trying to escape. Four of the remaining
The_Great_Escape_(book)
2010 non-fiction book by Bruce Henderson
Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War is a 2010 non-fiction book by author Bruce Henderson. Hero Found is a biography of Vietnam War hero
Hero_Found
1981 film
halftime with the POWs trailing, 4–1. However, the team persuades Hatch to return to the pitch for the second half rather than lead the escape as planned
Escape_to_Victory
Site for holding captured combatants
A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as prisoners of war by a belligerent power
Prisoner-of-war_camp
2003 British TV series or programme
P.O.W. is a television series consisting of 6 episodes, broadcast on ITV in 2003. The series starred James D'Arcy and Joe Absolom. The drama series is
P.O.W._(TV_series)
girlfriend in the town. David Stirling later took control of the black-market operations. Upon escaping from captivity, POWs still faced the considerable
Attempts_to_escape_Oflag_IV-C
WW2 POW camp, Ontario, Canada
92694°N 78.66667°W / 43.92694; -78.66667 The Bowmanville POW camp, also known as Camp 30, was a Canada administered POW camp for German soldiers during World
Bowmanville_POW_camp
Members of the United States armed forces were held as prisoners of war (POWs) in significant numbers during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1973. Unlike
United States prisoners of war during the Vietnam War
United_States_prisoners_of_war_during_the_Vietnam_War
Norwegian pilot (1917–1999)
a prisoner of war in the German POW camp Stalag Luft III. He was one of only three men to escape to freedom in the "Great Escape". Müller was born in
Jens_Müller_(pilot)
1944 German war crime
execution of the eighty-four U.S. POWs at the farmer's field, the term "Malmedy massacre" also includes other Waffen-SS massacres of civilians and POWs in Belgian
Malmedy_massacre
Award
Ronald Reagan on 8 November 1985. The United States Code citation for the POW Medal statute is 10 U.S.C. § 1128. The Prisoner of War Medal may be awarded
Prisoner_of_War_Medal
Norwegian orienteer
fighter pilot and POW in the German POW camp Stalag Luft III and one of only three men to escape to freedom in the "Great Escape". During the 1930s Bergsland
Per_Bergsland
US Navy pilot and escaped POW (1938–2001)
Resistance and Escape (SERE). During the training, Dengler escaped twice from the simulated POW camp and was planning a third by the end of the training cycle
Dieter_Dengler
Prisoner of war camp
shown in the (postwar) war film The Great Escape about Allied POWs. Excavating the tunnels was not easy because of the heavy clay soil upon which the camp
Island_Farm
was the basis of The Great Escape, a book by Paul Brickhill describing the escape and The Great Escape, a film based on the book. In boldface, the three
List of Allied airmen from the Great Escape
List_of_Allied_airmen_from_the_Great_Escape
Fate of missing US servicemen of the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War POW/MIA issue concerns the fate of United States servicemen who were reported as Prisoners of war (POW) or missing in action (MIA) during
Vietnam_War_POW/MIA_issue
1984 film by Joseph Zito
and directed by Joseph Zito. The film is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. Colonel Braddock, who escaped a Vietnamese prisoner of war
Missing_in_Action_(film)
Australian Army soldier
out the biggest and most successful POW escape of World War II. One of eight children, Ralph was a 22-year-old bank teller when he enlisted in the Second
Ralph_Churches
fates due to the POW conventions adhered to or ignored, depending on the theater of conflict, and the behaviour of their captors. During the war approximately
Prisoners of war in World War II
Prisoners_of_war_in_World_War_II
American actor
1986 P.O.W. the Escape as Sparks 1987-88 Dallas as David Shulton 1988 Brothers in Arms as Dallas 1992 Loving Lulu as Sam 1992 In the Heat of the Night
Charles_Grant_(actor)
Auxiliary volunteer corps used by Nazi Germany during World War II
as auxiliaries of the German army and the SS. About half a million Soviet POWs had escaped German custody or had been liberated by the Soviet army as it
Hiwi_(volunteer)
Macikai POW and GULAG Camps is location of the German, later Soviet prisoner-of-war camp and the Soviet GULAG forced labor camp located near the village
Macikai_POW_and_GULAG_camps
captivity during the Vietnam War Roy Dotrice – British actor John A. Dramesi – USAF Colonel, Vietnam POW, lead the only organized escape from the Hanoi Hilton
List_of_prisoners_of_war
British intelligence officer and head of MI9 (1894–1956)
note the irony in Crockatt encouraging individual POWs to escape, but discouraging mass breakouts. Throughout the war, Crockatt also used POWs to gather
Norman_Crockatt
Harbor, Guam, on the day that war was declared. The United States Department of War designated three locations as POW camps during the war: Fort McPherson
German prisoners of war in the United States
German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_United_States
South African British air force officer and POW escape leader (1910-1944)
Müller (pilot) List of German World War II POW camps Per Bergsland Brickhill, Paul (2000). The Great Escape. London, UK: Cassell & Co. ISBN 0-304-35687-5
Roger_Bushell
The following is the filmography of actor and director David Carradine (1936–2009). No available source gives any of the characters names. David Carradine
David_Carradine_filmography
Failed World War II attempt to free German prisoners of war
organize the escape of four skilled U-boat commanders from a Canadian prisoner of war camp in Bowmanville, Ontario. The subsequent counter operation by the Royal
Operation_Kiebitz
German POW camp
Italian POWs, and in August 1944 the camp reached a record 35,361 POWs. The Polish resistance secretly organized transports of POWs who escaped the camp
Stalag_XX-B
Prisoner of war camps
Luftwaffe, Transit Camp of the Airforce) were German Prisoner of War (POW) transit camps for captured airmen from any of the allied air forces during World
Dulag_Luft
1971 American TV series or program
sent to the "escape-proof" Beckstadt Castle. Cook plots escape, while keeping the scientist's true identity from the Germans and the other POWs. Cook comes
The_Birdmen
1979 British action adventure war film by George P. Cosmatos
location on the island of Rhodes. In 1944, Allied prisoners at a POW camp on an unnamed Greek island are forced to excavate ancient artefacts. The camp Commandant
Escape_to_Athena
WWII Axis prisoner-of-war escape in Arizona
The Great Papago Escape was the largest Axis prisoner-of-war escape to occur from an American facility during World War II. On the night of December 23
Great_Papago_Escape
The Escape from Fort Stanton occurred on November 1, 1942, when four German sailors escaped from an internment camp at Fort Stanton, New Mexico. There
Escape_from_Fort_Stanton
American actor (1952–1993)
(1990). In 1989, he played the lead in Sam Firsteberg's action film Riverbend. In it James plays a black army officer who escapes prison and ends up in small
Steve_James_(actor)
a list of attempts to escape from Oflag IV-C, the famous prisoner-of-war camp. Escape from Colditz Castle — Article about escape attempts from Colditz
List of attempts to escape Oflag IV-C
List_of_attempts_to_escape_Oflag_IV-C
Escape attempt by two WWII prisoners of war
lived in Nissen huts. At the time when Schnabel and Wappler arrived, the camp held approximately 250 POWs. Prior to their escape, the German pilots had secretly
Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler escape attempt
Heinz_Schnabel_and_Harry_Wappler_escape_attempt
German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II in Colditz, Saxony
summarily executed. In principle, the security officers recognized that it was the duty of the POWs to try to escape and that their own job was to stop
Oflag_IV-C
Military survival training program
A pilot POW who gave the name of comic book heroes when his captors demanded the name of his fellow pilots. Much from The Great Escape. The teaching
Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape
Survival,_Evasion,_Resistance_and_Escape
1944 Japanese POW escape in Cowra, New South Wales
240km 149miles Cowra The Cowra Breakout occurred on 5 August 1944, when 1,104 Japanese prisoners of war escaped from a POW camp near Cowra, in New
Cowra_breakout
English writer
prisoner of war (POW) who wrote several books dealing with his escapes from prisoner-of-war camps, most famously in his 1949 novel The Wooden Horse, made
Eric_Williams_(writer)
2007 Indian film
(POWs) captured by the Pakistan Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The film is an account of the attempted escape of six personnel of the Indian
1971_(2007_film)
World War II POW facility in Arizona
anything else the prisoners who wrote The Papago Rundschau, the camp's newspaper, chose to include. In December 1944, twenty-five POWs escaped from Camp Papago
Camp_Papago_Park
1959 British film by Don Chaffey
combination of POW escape drama and whodunit, the film set in a prisoner of war camp in Northern Italy during the summer of 1943. A well-planned escape attempt
Danger_Within
farms. POWs who were a part of the ISU received better housing, uniforms and pay. At its peak in May 1945, a total of 425,871 POWs were held in the US: 371
List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United States
List_of_World_War_II_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_the_United_States
Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during World War II
The Sandakan camp, also known as Sandakan POW Camp (Malay: Kem Tawanan Perang Sandakan), was a prisoner-of-war camp established during World War II by
Sandakan_camp
British airman
World War II he was a member of the crew of a bomber that was shot down. He was taken POW, but escaped, and joined up with the Polish Armia Krajowa ("Home
John_Ward_(RAF_officer)
1957 British film by Roy Ward Baker
during transfer to a Canadian POW camp. Von Werra was the only Axis POW to succeed in escaping and make it home during the war. Luftwaffe fighter pilot
The One That Got Away (1957 film)
The_One_That_Got_Away_(1957_film)
Place in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
concentration camps and prisons, spy on the local German industry, and organize transports of POWs who escaped the Stalag XX-B to the port city of Gdynia, from where
Malbork
1986 novel by James Clavell
portrayal of Iranian culture. The novel is closely inspired by the true struggle of Bristow Helicopters to escape the revolutionary forces and get their
Whirlwind_(novel)
British soldier, airman, journalist and inventor
Prisoners of War (POW) to escape in July 1918 from Holzminden POW Camp in Germany to the Dutch border. The sections of map were sewn into the clothing. Item
Christopher_Hutton
1994 American film
times." The Ascent is a reasonable, if anachronistic, simulation of the "great POW epics of the past" like The Great Escape and The Bridge on the River
The_Ascent_(1994_film)
Australian George Cross recipient (1912–1944)
made contact with organisations outside the camp, including Filipino guerrillas who assisted POWs to escape. In July 1943, members of Matthews' organisation
Lionel_Matthews
Department of British military intelligence (historical)
War II it had two principal tasks: assisting in the escape of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) held by the Axis countries, especially Nazi Germany; and helping
MI9
1954 Western film directed by Robert Aldrich
and the ending was adjusted accordingly. You Can't Win 'Em All, a 1970 film with a similar plot set in the Greco-Turkish War. P.O.W. The Escape, a 1986
Vera_Cruz_(film)
In the Libby Prison escape, during the American Civil War, over 109 Union POWs broke out of a building at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, on the night
List_of_prison_escapes
Japanese cargo liner and troopship
to escape from the sinking ship. About 384 British POWs were rescued by nearby Chinese fishermen. Lisbon Maru was completed on 8 July 1920 at the Yokohama
Lisbon_Maru
British Army officer
known as the Red Fox, was a British prisoner at Colditz Castle (POW camp Oflag IV-C) during World War II. He was involved in a number of escape attempts
Michael Sinclair (British Army officer)
Michael_Sinclair_(British_Army_officer)
which feature events of World War II in the narrative. List of World War II films List of World War II short films The deceased historical figures are played
List of World War II television series
List_of_World_War_II_television_series
1988 video game
the player's escape. The stages consist of a POW camp, a warehouse, a jungle, and the enemy's base. Occasionally the enemy will attack the player with
P.O.W.:_Prisoners_of_War
1965 film by Mark Robson
CinemaScope, the film depicts a group of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) who attempt a daring escape by hijacking a freight train carrying Allied POWs, and then
Von_Ryan's_Express
German term for a type of prisoner-of-war camp
In the 2012 film Red Tails, Ray "Ray Gun" Gannon, one of the Tuskegee Airmen, is imprisoned as a POW in Stalag 18 and is part of an escape from the camp
Stalag
Castle in Scotland
was used to film the exterior shots for the 1970s TV series Colditz, a drama about the many attempts of Allied POWs to escape from the castle during its
Stirling_Castle
the talk page for the method of indexing used. P (2005) PASKAL: The Movie (2018) PCU (1994) P.J. (1968) PK (2014) P.K. and the Kid (1987) P.O.W. The Escape
List_of_films:_P
Castle, its history as POW camp Oflag IV-C, the attempts to escape Oflag IV-C and many prisoners memoirs. Bader, Douglas. Reach for the Sky. London, Glasgow
Bibliography of Colditz Castle
Bibliography_of_Colditz_Castle
Military unit
Commander during the Vietnam War Austin Shofner, former POW who escaped Japanese captivity, served as Commanding Officer during the Battle of Okinawa
1st_Battalion,_1st_Marines
1945 rescue of Allied POWs in the Philippines
which motivated the POWs to keep a close eye on others to prevent them from making escape attempts. The Japanese permitted the POWs to build septic systems
Raid_at_Cabanatuan
Military unit
General) Austin Shofner – former POW who escaped Japanese captivity. Lieutenant General Merwin H. Silverthorn – recipient of the following while in this unit
3rd_Battalion,_5th_Marines
American television sitcom (1965–1971)
in a prisoner-of-war (POW) camp in Nazi Germany during World War II. It centers on a group of Allied prisoners who use the POW camp as an operations base
Hogan's_Heroes
Prisoner of war interrogation camp
The Pine Grove Furnace Prisoner of War Interrogation Camp was a secret World War II camp for interrogating German prisoners of war (POWs) located in a
Pine Grove Furnace Prisoner of War Interrogation Camp
Pine_Grove_Furnace_Prisoner_of_War_Interrogation_Camp
Genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany
war (POWs); the term Holocaust is sometimes used to include the murder and persecution of non-Jewish groups, such as the Romani and Soviet POWs. The Nazis
The_Holocaust
1941 WW2 escape from Spangenberg castle
Pete Tunstall, all prisoners of war (POWs), held at the castle. It has been described as the most audacious escape of World War II. Bruce's Military Cross
Swiss Red Cross Commission escape
Swiss_Red_Cross_Commission_escape
British actor (1920–2001)
three British POWs who escape from a camp in The Wooden Horse (1950). This film, based on a true story, was the third most popular film at the British box
Anthony_Steel_(actor)
German aviator
the Wayback Machine at www.glaciologia.cl Story of GP's escape GP's explorations Archived 2008-02-01 at the Wayback Machine "Story of sole German PoW
Gunther_Plüschow
1970 war film directed by Peter Collinson
film with a similar plot set in the Mexican Revolution. P.O.W. The Escape, a 1986 film with a similar plot set in the Vietnam War. "You Can't Win 'Em
You_Can't_Win_'Em_All
scrounging) for the "X" Organization in the North Compound. He was among the first pairs of POWs to escape from the camp using the tunnel code named "Harry" on 24
Arnošt_Valenta
Code of conduct
study of the problems related to the entire Korean War POW experience. The work of that committee resulted in the May 17, 1955 appointment of the Defense
Code of the United States Fighting Force
Code_of_the_United_States_Fighting_Force
British military officer (1885–1966)
to the POW camp, where he remained until the end of the war. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was engaging the Imperial German Army during the Battle
Robert_C._Campbell
Camps section in the Prisoner-of-war camp article. The following list is an attempt to create the most complete list of British POW Camps in East Africa
List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Kenya
List_of_World_War_II_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_Kenya
against prisoners of war (POWs). German mistreatment and war crimes against prisoners of war began in the first days of the war during their invasion
German atrocities committed against prisoners of war during World War II
German_atrocities_committed_against_prisoners_of_war_during_World_War_II
1946 book by Felice Benuzzi
POW camps. The Italian version, with a marginally more detailed text, was first published in 1947 as Fuga sul Kenya – 17 giorni di libertà [:Escape on
No_Picnic_on_Mount_Kenya
Israeli-American film producer
(1986) [Producer] P.O.W. The Escape a.k.a. Behind the Enemy Lines (1986) [Executive Producer] Murphy's Law (1986) [Executive Producer] The Naked Cage (1986)
Yoram_Globus
Israeli film director and producer (1929–2014)
co-owned The Cannon Group with his cousin Yoram Globus. Cannon specialized in producing low-to-mid-budget American films, primarily genre films, during the 1980s
Menahem_Golan
2010 book by John D. Lukacs
II. The ten escaped POWs were the first to break the news of the infamous Bataan Death March and other atrocities committed by the Japanese to the world
Escape_from_Davao
Historical region on the south-eastern coast of the Baltic Sea in Europe
of transports of POWs who escaped German POW camps via the ports of Gdańsk and Gdynia to neutral Sweden. Beginning in 1944 with the East Prussian offensive
Prussia_(region)
(2008). "List of POW camps". USGenWeb Archives. Retrieved 22 May 2012. [1] [2] westheimer, David (1992). Sitting it Out:a World War2 POW Memoir. Houston:
List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Italy
List_of_World_War_II_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_Italy
British television drama series (1972–1974)
Mohn. An academic lecturer before the war, he becomes obsessed with his idea of an escape using a POW built glider. The real Colditz Cock glider was devised
Colditz_(1972_TV_series)
Mass shooting of German POWs in the United States
York for an undisclosed amount of time. The “Midnight Massacre” is remembered for being "the worst massacre at a POW camp in U.S. history.” A museum was opened
1945 Utah prisoner of war massacre
1945_Utah_prisoner_of_war_massacre
French Resistance activist (1891–1944)
of the Prisoners, the work of a former POW who escaped thanks to Sister Hélène's network, will be on display at the regional gathering of former POWs which
Hélène_Studler
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