Real Great Escape
In early 1942 the Germans opened a top-security prisoner-of-war camp in occupied Poland for captured Allied airmen. Called Stalag Luft III, the camp soon came to contain some of the most inventive escapers ever known. They were led by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, code-named ''Big X'', who masterminded an attempt to smuggle hundreds of POWs down a tunnel built right under the noses of their guard...
In early 1942 the Germans opened a top-security prisoner-of-war camp in occupied Poland for captured Allied airmen. Called Stalag Luft III, the camp soon came to contain some of the most inventive escapers ever known. They were led by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, code-named ''Big X'', who masterminded an attempt to smuggle hundreds of POWs down a tunnel built right under the noses of their guard...
