Prison Three Men Dug Tunnels 30 Feet Past the Main Fence - It's called The Great Escape due to the scale and complexity of this infamous prison break during World War II. In 1943, Roger Bushell organized the plot for a mass escape from a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp. prison three men dug tunnels 30 feet past the main fence, the great escape tunnel short forest in clear sight of guards, the great escape only three evaded capture,
