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  • The Great Escape tunnels greater than thought

    09/10/2007 8:44:36 AM PDT · by 1066AD · 38 replies · 5,417+ views
    The Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 9/10/2007 | Gary Cleland
    The Great Escape tunnels greater than thought By Gary Cleland Last Updated: 1:54am BST 10/09/2007 The discovery of dozens of underground tunnels has uncovered the extraordinary risks that Allied prisoners took bidding for freedom from the Nazi prison camp that inspired The Great Escape. Far from just the three tunnels - Tom, Dick and Harry - made famous in the classic film, archeologists at Stalag Luft III in Zagan, Poland, have found more than 100 attempted escape routes. Tunnel plans - click to enlarge The discovery is powerful evidence that Allied prisoners, led on the big screen by Richard Attenborough...