04 April 2008

(Not funny but cool) WWII POW Escape

Steve pointed out that NOVA/PBS had something recently that they went and tried to excavate it... Anyway, cool Flash thing.

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From: Bill Grant
Date: Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: WWII POW Escape

Thought you guys would find this interesting.

>>Subject: WWII POW Escape
>>
>>
>>I guess everyone has seen the Steve McQueen film, "The Great Escape"
>>at least once. This is about the tunnel.
>>
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>>It is awesome, the interactive map is also creative, not nearly as
>>much as the fortitude it took to engineer the escape itself the
>>animation alone is worth looking at, but the story of the tunnel is amazing.
>>
>>
>>This is a fascinating look at a tunnel that was built in a German
>>POW camp. The tunnel allowed 76 Allied POWs to escape.
>>Check it out. run your cursor over each number and it will tell you
>>about it. Click on the link below.
>>
>>http://www.kerman94.com/tunnelharry.html
>>