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The Germans had designed Stalag Luft III to be escape-proof. Machine gun towers every hundred yards. Barbed wire with overhangs that made scaling impossible. Even the soil worked against prisoners - bright yellow sand that would expose any digging attempt.

Still, Roger Bushell had a plan. Six hundred prisoners would escape through three tunnels over 300 feet long and 30-feet deep. They had lights and wooden railways, and even a clever way of disposing of the sand.

But in February 1944, Commandant Von Lindeiner had worse news for his Allied prisoners. The rules had changed and the warning was blunt: "It is not worth it, gentlemen. Escapers may suffer harsh consequences."

Everyone understood. Whether they failed or succeeded, no one would see the inside of a cell again.

Roger Bushell listened, then shook his head: "We go. March 24th. New moon."