Editing Desmond Llewelyn (section)

===Second World War===
Llewelyn's nascent acting career was paused by the [[Second World War|outbreak of war in 1939]], when he was commissioned as a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Welsh Fusiliers]]. In 1940 his unit was engaged in fighting an entire Panzer division for several days near the French city of Lille, but they were overrun in attempting to retreat to Dunkirk, and Llewelyn was captured. He spent the remainder of the war in prisoner of war camps, first at [[Oflag VII-C|Laufen]], before he was transferred to [[Colditz Castle]] ([[Oflag IV-C]]) following his attempted escape from Laufen by tunnelling out. Llewelyn remained imprisoned at Colditz until it was liberated by Allied forces in 1945.<ref name="WBio"></ref>