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The Last Escape – July ‘96 British Heritage FeatureBritish Heritage | 0 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post During the night, 76 British and Allied airmen escaped from Stalag Luft III. The story of their heroic defiance of their captors had a tragic conclusion, however. Only three of the prisoners made it safely out of occupied Europe. Of those who were recaptured, 50, including Squadron Leader Bushell, were executed in retaliation for the trouble they had caused the Germans. Subscribe Today
By this time an Allied victory to the war seemed imminent, and the surviving prisoners decided there was no reason to risk further escapes. After the war, the Government of Poland erected a monument near Sagan, dedicated to the Allied prisoners who had died there. Somewhere beneath the ground close by, a second monument of sorts–tunnel Dick, which the German guards never discovered–serves as a tribute to their ingenuity and perseverance. Pages: 1 2 3 4Help HistoryNet by bookmarking to
           
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