Escape from Colditz is a board game produced by Gibsons Games of London in 1973 that simulates attempted escapes by Allied prisoners-of-war (POWs) from...
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had repeatedly attempted to escape from other camps. In 1046, Henry III of the Holy Roman Empire gave the burghers of Colditz permission to build the first...
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Oflag IV-C (redirect from Colditz Castle in popular culture)
were deemed escape risks or who had already attempted escape from other prison camps. Known for its seemingly impenetrable structure, Colditz Castle became...
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The Colditz Cock was a glider built by British prisoners of war during World War II for an escape attempt from Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle) prison camp...
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mistaken beliefs to the contrary, Colditz Castle was not used as a prisoner of war camp in World War I. The escapes from Colditz, featured in many works of fiction...
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imprisoned at the supposedly escape-proof Colditz Castle when designated Oflag IV-C during World War II, and their many attempts to escape captivity, as well as...
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Colditz (German pronunciation: [ˈkɔldɪts] ) is a small town in the district of Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. It is best known for Colditz Castle, the site...
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History by Henry Chancellor, and the Channel 4 television series Escape from Colditz. It is not claimed to be historically accurate. It features an ensemble...
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The Birdmen (redirect from Colditz: Escape of the Birdmen)
The Birdmen, also known as Escape of the Birdmen and Colditz: Escape of the Birdmen, is a 1971 television film directed by Philip Leacock and starring...
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of attempts to escape from Oflag IV-C, the famous prisoner-of-war camp. Escape from Colditz Castle — Article about escape attempts from Colditz Castle...
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Pat Reid (category British escapees from Colditz Castle)
War, he was held captive at Colditz Castle when it was designated Oflag IV-C. Reid was one of the few to escape from Colditz, crossing the border into neutral...
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Dominic Bruce (category British escapees from Colditz Castle)
ingenious escaper" of the Second World War. He made seventeen attempts at escaping from POW camps, including several attempts to escape from Colditz Castle...
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Wall game (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
wall as part of the board that the game is played on, for example Escape from Colditz This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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Reinhold Eggers (category People from Wolfenbüttel (district))
Watton, eds. (1991). Escape from Colditz: 16 First-Hand Accounts (Revised, illustrated ed.). Hale. ISBN 9780709043522. Nazi Prison Escape - PBS Episode Archive...
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as Latter Days at Colditz or Men of Colditz Escape from Colditz: The Two Classic Escape Stories: The Colditz Story, and Men of Colditz in One Volume, 1953...
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Brian Degas (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
Colditz, a model of the Colditz glider for Airfix Colditz Breakpoint, a dramatic journey into the sounds of pursuit, capture and escape from Colditz released...
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Action Man (category Articles with dead external links from October 2016)
reproductions of a variety of Prisoner of war artifacts from Colditz, and a history. An "Escape from Colditz" board game had already been released by Parker Brothers...
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Giles Romilly (category Prisoners of war held at Colditz Castle)
importance to Hitler, Romilly was imprisoned in Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle), from where escape was perceived to be almost impossible. Romilly lived in relative...
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Bibliography of Colditz Castle is a list of works about Colditz Castle, its history as POW camp Oflag IV-C, the attempts to escape Oflag IV-C and many...
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officer who was imprisoned in Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle, in Germany during the Second World War and who was the Escape Officer for British POWs within the...
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prison in 1945. Colditz Castle was used as an "escape-proof" prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, but over the course of 300 escape attempts, 130 prisoners...
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Samuel Wigley wrote that watching films like The Great Escape and the 1955 British film The Colditz Story, "for all their moments of terror and tragedy,...
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Octopussy and The Living Daylights (redirect from Berlin Escape)
by Pat Reid's escape from Colditz prisoner-of-war camp, during which two escapers ran across a courtyard under the cover of the noise from an orchestra...
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Parker Brothers (category Articles with dead external links from November 2023)
General Mills company), and produced a variety of releases such as Escape from Colditz. In 1977, the company built its headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts...
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List of Amiga games (A–H) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
Encounter England Championship Special Enterprise Entity Epic Erik Escape from Colditz Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters Espionage ESWAT Cyber Police...
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Lyndhurst (mansion) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
February 11, 2014. "Hound of the Baskervilles, Lord Gordon Gordon, Escape from Colditz". Castle Secrets & Legends. Travel Channel. February 9, 2014. Retrieved...
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Airey Neave (category British escapees from Colditz Castle)
escape from Colditz on 28 August 1941, disguised as a German NCO. He did not get out of the castle as his hastily contrived German uniform (made from...
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David McCallum (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E (1964–1968). His other notable television roles include Simon Carter in Colditz (1972–1974) and Steel in Sapphire...
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Unpowered aircraft (category Articles needing additional references from December 2022)
passenger jet aircraft that ran out of fuel Gyroglider Colditz Cock, a glider built to escape from Colditz System and method for wind-powered flight Dale C...
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List of Hasbro games (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
Board Game Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game) Dunk Hat Escape from Atlantis Escape from Colditz Eggedon Elefun Fantastic Gymnastics Game Fantastic Gymnastics...
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