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Although Steve McQueen’s exploits in the 1963 film The Great Escape have often been cited as an example of the excessive use of Hollywood’s artistic licence, my personal experience is this: my love of the film inspired an obsessive interest in the mass breakout, which in turn led me to read lots of more factually accurate history books.

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