He was a highly-educated Brahmin who spoke gentleman’s English as well as five other languages, yet in the eyes of his supposed comrades he was an object of derision and contempt.

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Philip Jackson - Soldier - Offered to guide German bombers to targets in Britain - Guilty of treachery, sentenced to death but on appeal the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. He needed a personal spy, someone who could insinuate himself into the heart of the British security structure in the castle. Priscilla Presley breaks down in tears as she says late daughter Lisa Marie was 'suicidal' months before her. The British Expeditionary Force had been routed by the German Panzers in France and was being mercilessly bombed by the Luftwaffe as its demoralised forces retreated towards the Channel ports.Passenger from hell who yelled 'white children are easy to rape because white men are p******' is jailed for. Kenneth Berry - Member of Waffen-SS British Free Corps - Guilty of aiding the enemy, sentenced to nine months of hard labour. The remnants of the British Calais defence force, including Sinclair and Davies-Scourfield, were loaded onto cattle wagons and sent to FortVIII at Stalag XXI-D, Poznan, an 18th century Polish fort.

Traitor of Colditz – ROBERT VERKAIK

Argentina condemns Israel's bombing on Gaza refugee camp that killed more than 50 people as Bolivia severs. British ‘guests’ were given regular hot meals, cigarettes and as much beer as they could drink on Fridays. Beauty queen Athenna Crosby claims she was spotted having lunch with 'close friend' Matthew Perry a day. Brown, meanwhile, was given leadership of another holiday camp, Special Camp 517, where he was – under the nose of his German commanders – turning the PoWs to his own advantage, picking up vital intelligence about the movement and whereabouts of German military units, which he passed on to London. One other thing to say is that this was an officers’ camp, which gave it a particular kind of status because, under the Geneva Convention, officers were treated better than ordinary soldiers.He would incredibly survive the war, dying aged 63 in 1982 after being convicted of treason at the Old Bailey). Back in Colditz, by the spring of 1944, many of the prisoners were approaching four long years of captivity. Finding a suitable rope for the grisly task was no trouble – in a prison obsessed with escaping, rope-making was a common pastime. Good Morning Britain viewers demand Richard Madeley be dropped as he asks guest who lost 21 relatives when. Hitler and his entourage had convinced themselves that these characters would be useful bargaining tools, who could either be swapped or threatened.