Colditz Castle
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Colditz Castle is a Renaissance castle in the town of Colditz near Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz in the state of Saxony in Germany. The castle is between the towns of Hartha and Grimma on a hill spur
Castle Colditz in 2011
Colditz Castle 1828 by Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, Albertinum, Dresden
Coat of arms of Augustus of Saxony and his wife Anne of Denmark over the gate to the outer courtyard
The mannerist portal (rhyolitic tuff) of the church house carved by Andreas Walther II during 1584
David Stirling
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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling was an officer in the British Army and the founder and creator of the Special Air Service. Under his leadership, the SAS carried out hit-and-run raids b
Colditz Castle
…Col William Schaefer, U.S. Army Lt Col David Stirling, founder of the Special Air Service Flight Lieutenant Lorne Welch, sent to Colditz after escaping from a POW camp, dressed in German uniform, and…
David Stirling in 1942
Lieutenant Colonel Stirling with Lieutenant Edward McDonald and other SAS soldiers in North Africa, 1943
Members of the 'French Squadron SAS' (1ere Compagnie de Chasseurs Parachutistes) in Tunisia. Previously a company of Free French paratroopers, the French SAS squadron were the first of a range of units 'acquired' by Major Stirling as the SAS expanded.
Statue of David Stirling by Angela Conner near Doune, Scotland