The Great Escape: The Forgotten Tunnels

The famous 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III involved three tunnels (Tom, Dick, and Harry). Few people know that Dick was never found by the Germans and remained hidden. After the war, it was rediscovered but collapsed. What is even less known: the POWs who escaped through Harry dug 111,781 cubic feet of sand from beneath the camp — that's over 4 million individual bucket trips, with the sand disposed of 'a little at a time' under buildings and scattered around the compound. 76 men escaped; 73 were recaptured; 50 were executed by the Gestapo on Hitler's personal order.