Interview with Neil Churches, author of The Greatest Escape. The book tells the story of his father, Ralph Churches, the South Australian who became the unlikely hero of the most successful POW escape in World War II. Escorted by courageous resistance fighters in what is now the country of Slovenia, 106 Allied servicemen traveled through German-occupied territory to reach a partisan airfield near the Croatian border.
The Crow's Flight remained classified as a secret during the Cold War. The escape route is now marked as a hiking trail. Details on how to buy the book and sign up for guided hiking tours of the Freedom Corridor in Slovenia.

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Information about hiking tours of the Crow's Flight:
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Photo credits:
John Philips, Joże Petek, Australian War Memorial, Neil Churches, Vid Rotar, Terry Anzur

Fair use of MGM promotional trailer clip for 1963 movie, The Great Escape.

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