5 hours agoGerman soldiers escaped 70 years ago (Photo)
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)Seven decades earlier some captured officers had come down to earth during World War II to make a major escape. Now, the incredible story of 84 Germans fleeing the war camp in Bridgend, South Wales, on March 10, 1945, has become known their case [...]
Now, the incredible story of 84 Germans fleeing the war camp in Bridgend, South Wales, on March 10, 1945, has become known their case of escape after a secret tunnel has been discovered.
Scientists and historians have entered the 198th desolate camp of Island Farmʹ to examine the only remains of it, <x0Hut 9”, where the cunning plan had been opened, and a false wall was built to hide the ground that was dug to form the tunnel, the “Daily Mailx3> reported, broadcast Periscope.
The investigation was conducted by Jamie Pringle from Keele University in Stafforshire, who previously helped find “Dick”, one of three famous tunnels named as “Stalag War III”, in which a film was made in 1963, while the Great Escape as it is called was made in 1944.
Most of the camp was destroyed in the 1990s, but local authorities have kept Mount 9 in its original state and a false wall built to hide the ground where prisoners formed the tunnel as well as preserved.
The team began their investigation by scanning earth's surface with geophysic instruments to create a digital model on the site.
By studying the pattern, they were able to locate specific tunnel locations.
Unlike the “tunnel Stalag war III”, which was 33ft below the ground, was only 5 ft down.
“has many similarities between the escape from “Camp 198” and what Allied soldiers executed in “Stalag war III” a year earlier”, Pringle said.
“Camp 198” was one of the war camps where there were 1,026 prisoners stationed in Britain.
It housed 160 officers who held the general rank, admiral or march on the ground, including a number of Hitler's closest advisers.
On the night of the escape, the officers were divided into groups, each of these groups equipped with a map, compass, and food.
At 10: 00 p.m., they made their move, all 84 German soldiers set off across the ground and crawled through the drowning tunnel 100 feet [30 m] long.
Some killed the camp doctor to kidnap the car and fled 120 miles to Birmingham, while another group made their way to the port of Southampton./Periscopi/
