Walk to commemorate daring WWII allied forces prison break
Maribor, 28 August - Eighty years will pass this weekend since the most successful prisoner of war break of World War II was executed near Maribor by locals, the Slovenian Partisans and British intelligence. The operation, which liberated some 100 POWs, will be honoured in the coming weeks with a trek along the 273-kilometre path that led them to freedom.
Maribor.
Press conference on the topic of the upcoming walk along the International Memorial Trail of Alliance The Crow's Flight.
Photo: Andreja Seršen Dobaj/STA
Maribor.
Press conference on the topic of the upcoming walk along the International Memorial
Trail of Alliance The Crow's Flight.
Eduard Vedernjak, President of the Crow's Flight Association, and Dobran Božič, president of the Slovenian Officers' Association.
Photo: Andreja Seršen Dobaj/STA
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