Tunnel Harry

[Walt's Daughter]

Electric lighting. A railroad. An air ventilation system. Against incredible odds, the Allied airmen imprisoned at the Nazi POW camp Stalag Luft III secretly engineered these and other technological marvels 30 feet underground in the three escape tunnels they named "Tom," "Dick," and "Harry." They used only tools that they could manufacture themselves out of tin cans, and they scavenged building materials at great risk. When they were done, the airmen carried out one of the greatest mass escapes of all time. Through this interactive map, drawn after the war by one of the POWs, Ley Kenyon, explore the remarkable story of Harry, the 300-foot tunnel that 76 men snuck through during their infamous getaway on the night of March 24-25, 1944.

 

http://www.kerman94.com/tunnelharry.html

[Dogdaddy]

Did anyone besides me have the theme music from "The Great Escape" playing in their head while reading through that great link? Wow! The movie was pretty accurate in the way the tunnel was constructed! Good job, M!

 

 

Dogdaddy

[Walt's Daughter]

All credit has to be given to Jim Hennessey, 87th Inf Div, for once again supplying us with a fantastic link. I do believe that to this date, Jim has given us well over 100 super WWII links!