Recently uncovered letters from World War II have revealed the secret codes used by British prisoners of war, known as the Great Escapers, to communicate with MI9, a branch of military intelligence. These letters, which have never been seen before, include messages sent by a Spitfire pilot held in the Stalag Luft III camp, the same camp depicted in the 1963 film 'The Great Escape.' The pilot cleverly concealed a coded message to MI9 within a letter to his mother, discussing the 'glorious weather,' which successfully fooled the Nazi captors. This discovery sheds new light on the real experiences of the Allied prisoners involved in the mass 1944 breakout from the notorious camp, an event that was famously immortalized by Hollywood.
Secret Coded Letters Of World War II "Great Escape" Captives Revealed https://t.co/4V5u7p9Cy2 https://t.co/kU9et0IQHp
The mass 1944 breakout of Allied prisoners of war from the notorious Stalag Luft III camp was famously immortalized by Hollywood. Now, details of their real experiences are being revealed for the first time. https://t.co/V4mnx7mbj9 https://t.co/BVhPEtNXPd
PoW's secret codes that fooled the Nazis: How Spitfire pilot held in 'Great Escape' camp sent coded message to British MI9 spies hidden in letter about 'glorious weather' to his mother https://t.co/3C7ckpr6WA https://t.co/hG0tbwRpmX
A prisoner of war held in the Nazi camp that inspired the 1963 film The Great Escape sent a secret message to military intelligence hidden in a letter to his mother https://t.co/FRA1S6aYyN
Never-before-seen letters sent by the Great Escapers reveal the codes British prisoners of war used to communicate with MI9 right under the noses of their Nazi captors https://t.co/mR8AI6bWQ0 https://t.co/WqUIEY1hvu