History of War

GREAT ESCAPE PLANS

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The ‘Tom’, ‘Dick’ and ‘Harry’ tunnels were dug to evade Stalag Luft III’s robust security measures

fter almost three years in German prisoner of war camps, Flight Lieutenant Bertram ‘Jimmy’ James was itching to escape and return to the war effort. A previous attempt to tunnel out of

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