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The Great escapes of World War 2

United States, 1997
tv-show

Television documentary series made for The History Channel that chronicles legendary breakouts by prisoners of war during World War II. This tape documents tw..

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The Great escape [DVD]

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Escape from Sobibor

United Kingdom, 1987
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Could it happen here?

Australia, 1969
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The Wooden horse

United Kingdom, 1950
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The One that got away

United Kingdom, 1957
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The Eagle has landed [Widescreen]

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The Colditz story

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The Lucky ones: allied airmen and Buchenwald

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Witness to Auschwitz

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The Enemy within (2003) [Widescreen]

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Liberation: May 8 9AM 1945

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The World at war. Part 3 [DVD]

United Kingdom, 1981
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Goering

United States, 1959
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Tiger at the gate

United Kingdom, 1984
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The True glory

United Kingdom, 1945
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