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BRITISH archaeologists have discovered a missing tunnel at one of the most infamous German prison camp of the Second World War and unearthed a wealth of escapers' tools and equipment sealed underground. >>>Its location at the camp, immortalised in the Hollywood blockbuster The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough and Donald Pleasance, remained a mystery until experts arrived in August and spent three weeks excavating the relics.After the executions, British Intelligence managed to send orders to prison camps to halt all escape bids, but as the Allies closed in fears of reprisals from SS units grew - the famous Colditz glider was to be used to reach help if a massacre was imminent - so a means of escaping slaughter is the most likely reason for continuing to dig a tunnel after the order to stay put. >>>As the Red Army approached in January 1945, the 2,000 remaining prisoners were forced to march 100km westwards to Spremberg, where they were dispersed to other camps. Some 200 died on the journey, killed either by the freezing temperatures or by the German guards.
Steve McQueen in The Great Escape on a 1960 Triumph 650 TR6Lost Great Escape tunnel is pinpointedReflecting on the utter destruction of the free market and the resulting liberty in this country by the Boy Wonder and the democrat party one has to wonder if these great men may have died in vain.
