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Hollywood Mountain Camp Research Paper

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In the forest, near Zagan, lies the remains of what used to be the most inescapable camp for POWs (Prisoners of War) and was also known as Nazi Germany’s Alcatraz; Stalag Luft III. It was located 100 miles southeast of Berlin and it was here that one of the greatest escapes took place from what the Nazis thought was an impenetrable force. this paragraph is not long enough 2 sentences do not make a paragraph bold=2 different locations need a transition this camp had long huts that were perched on blocks so tunnels wouldn 't be hidden. There were watchtowers, barbed wire, fences, searchlights, armed guards, and microphones buried into the ground about nine feet deep to listen if someone was digging a tunnel. It also had dusty grey top soil and yellow sandy subsoil that made it easier (easy) for tunnels to collapse. This camp was pretty escape-proof, but what the Germans didn’t know was that they put some of the most intelligent escape artists all in the same camp. use this in the trainistion for 2-3 The leader of the escape was Squadron Leader Roger Bushell who was a captive RAF (Royal Air Force) officer. His plan was to dig three tunnels at the same time and to get 200 men out in one attempt. Bushell’s code name was Big-X and the three tunnels’ code names were Tom, Dick, Harry. Harry’s entrance was under a stove in hut 104. The stove was always lit so the Germans wouldn’t think of moving it, but the tunnellers thought of …show more content…

Harry was about 300 feet long, but didn’t quite reach the tree line so they had to be extra careful. The guards also knew they had been up to something, but they didn’t know what. On the night of the escape when some of the men were escaping the electric went out in the tunnel and that prevented as many of them from escaping. When the 76th man poked his head out the Germans spotted him. The guy behind him heard a gunshot and raced back into the

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