72K views · 3.7K reactions | Colditz Castle Liberation Then & Now. A Sherman of the 9th Armored Division, moves across the bridge into the town of Colditz in April 1945 | WW2 Wayfinder | Facebook

During World War II, inside Germanys supposedly escapeproof Colditz Castle, Allied prisoners of war embarked on one of the most remarkable engineering projects known. They built a two man glider called Colditz Cock under the guidance of British officers Bill Goldfinch and Jack Best. Working in a secret attic workshop for nearly a year, they fashioned wing spars from floorboards, ribs from bed slats, and sealing paste from boiled millet breakfast porridge. In April 1945, as they prepared for esca

Venture inside the walls of the most infamous prison in history and meet the men determined to escape. Read Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle, the phenomenal new book from bestselling author Ben Macintyre. | Penguin Books