Stalag_Luft_III

Stalag Luft III was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner of war camp during the Second World War, which held captured Western Allied air force personnel. The camp was established in March 1942 in the German province of Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan, 160 kilometres The camp was established in March 1942 in the German province of Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan (now Żagań, Poland), 160 kilometres (100 miles) south-east of Berlin. The site was selected because its sandy soil made it difficult for POWs to escape by tunnelling. It is best known for two escape plots by Allied POWs, one in 1943 that became the basis of a fictionalised film, The Wooden Horse (1950), based on a book by escapee Eric Williams. The second breakout—the so-called Great Escape—of March 1944, was conceived by Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, and was authorised by the senior British officer at Stalag Luft III, Herbert Massey. A heavily fictionalised version of the escape was depicted in the film The Great Escape (1963), which was based on a book by former prisoner Paul Brickhill. The camp was liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945. ——————————————————————————— 📋 Steam Workshop Details Title: Stalag Luft III Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2634641965 Author: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198319301242 📦 File Info Original file name: Stalag_Luft_III.bsp File size: 6.38 MB (6,686,321 bytes) Created: 2021-10-23T04:07:33+03:00 (unix: 1634951253) Yandex Disk path: /2021/1737819515055915447/Stalag_Luft_III.bsp 🔗 Direct Links Steam UGC download: https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1737819515055915447/7383D854B9A4CE9DF731AE7FF0F97897D10071C9/ ——————————————————————————— Uploaded from Yandex.Disk: https://disk.yandex.ru/d/EKAI0qKTkQkXtw Thanks to DepoSit (@DepoSitorim on YouTube) for preserving such a large number of maps.