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Despite the camp being built on sandy soil designed to make tunneling nearly impossible, successfully escaped through "Harry" before a guard discovered the tunnel exit at 4:55 a.m. on March 25.

: Over 600 prisoners participated, using 4,000 scavenged bed boards for shoring and over 1,400 milk tins for ventilation ducting. The Tunnels : Tom : Discovered by guards and destroyed with dynamite. The True Story of the Great Escape Stalag Luft ...

: Abandoned for escape use after camp expansion but used to store soil and forged supplies. Despite the camp being built on sandy soil

: The only tunnel completed for the breakout, extending roughly 336 feet to the tree line. The Breakout The Tunnels : Tom : Discovered by guards

The true story of the "Great Escape" from is a saga of incredible ingenuity and tragic sacrifice that occurred on the night of March 24–25, 1944. Located near Sagan (now Żagań, Poland), the camp was specifically designed by the Luftwaffe to be "escape-proof" for high-risk Allied airmen. The Audacious Plan

Led by Squadron Leader (codenamed "Big X"), the prisoners formed the "X Organization" and undertook the simultaneous construction of three massive tunnels—named Tom, Dick, and Harry —at a depth of 30 feet to evade seismic microphones.