The Incredible Story of How 70 German Soldiers Escaped a Welsh POW Camp | Forces TV

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It's been called 'The Welsh Great Escape'. In March 1945, 70 Germans tunneled to freedom from a prisoner of war camp in Bridgend. Every year the site of their escape is opened up to the public.

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