Saturday 11th February 2023
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    The Great Escape (Quiz #85)

    Model of the set used to film the movie The Great Escape. It depicts a smaller version of a single compound in Stalag Luft III. The model is now at the museum near where the prison camp was located. Image by the Wikigraphists of the Graphic Lab (fr).
    Model of the set used to film the movie The Great Escape. It depicts a smaller version of a single compound in Stalag Luft III. The model is now at the museum near where the prison camp was located. Image by the Wikigraphists of the Graphic Lab (fr). (Creative Commons)

    The Great Escape was a mass breakout of Allied prisoners of war from Stalag Luft III in Poland in March 1944. A fictionalised version of the escape was depicted in the film The Great Escape (1963).

    1. The escapers dug three tunnels, codenamed Tom, Dick and Harry. Which tunnel was used for the escape?

    2. The tunnel used for the escape was 335ft (102m) long and 30ft (9m) below the ground. How wide was it?

    3. 76 men crawled through the tunnel to freedom. How many successfully completed their escapes, reaching friendly or neutral territory?

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