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75 Years Ago Today; The "Great Escape" (1944)

Scrowl down to: The "Great Escape" (1944)

In March 1943, Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Roger Bushell conceived a plan for a mass escape from the North Compound, which took place on the night of 24/25 March 1944.[3][15] He was being held with the other British and Commonwealth airmen and he was in command of the Escape Committee that managed all escape opportunities from the north compound. Falling back on his legal background to represent his scheme, Bushell called a meeting of the Escape Committee to advocate for his plan.

"Everyone here in this room is living on borrowed time. By rights we should all be dead! The only reason that God allowed us this extra ration of life is so we can make life hell for the Hun ... In North Compound we are concentrating our efforts on completing and escaping through one master tunnel. No private-enterprise tunnels allowed. Three bloody deep, bloody long tunnels will be dug – Tom, Dick and Harry. One will succeed!"[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III#The_%22Great_Escape%22_

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How the Great Escape tunnels were built: German soldiers show how brave British prisoners carried out their famous bid for freedom in never-before-seen photographs

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6700415/How-managed-Great-Escape-Nazi-POW-camp-1944.html

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Remembering “The Great Escape,” 70 Years Ago

Mar 25, 2014

https://www.history.com/news/remembering-the-great-escape-70-years-ago