Stalag I-F was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp located just north of the city of Suwałki in German-occupied Poland. Construction of the camp...
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German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II (redirect from Stalag VI-A)
Offenburg Stalag VI-A Hemer/Iserlohn Stalag VI-B Neu-Versen Stalag VI-C Oberlangen/Emsland Stalag VI-D Dortmund Stalag VI-E Soest Stalag VI-F Bocholt Stalag VI-G...
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Stalag Luft I was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. The presence of...
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East Prussia (section World War I)
several prisoner-of-war camps, including Stalag I-A, Stalag I-B, Stalag I-C, Stalag I-D, Stalag I-E, Stalag I-F, Stalag Luft VI, Oflag 52, Oflag 53, Oflag 60...
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Stalag VIII-B was most recently a German Army administered POW camp during World War II, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the village of Lamsdorf...
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in Stalag I-F in Suwałki. It was a battalion-size unit initially stationed near Pskov. A second such unit was created at the end of 1942 in Stalag 319 [pl]...
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was the site of the Oflag 63 prisoner-of-war camp and a subcamp of the Stalag I-F POW camp. After World War II, the historic Polish name Dłutowo was restored...
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William Holden (redirect from William F. Holden)
of the 1950s. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film Stalag 17 (1953) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited...
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were in camps Stalag 307, Stalag 319, Stalag 328 and Stalag I-F. Mass executions of Italian POWs were carried out in the Stalag 319 and Stalag 327 camps....
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Aircraft in fiction (redirect from F-16 Fighting Falcon in fiction)
escape from Stalag Luft III. Pleasence, who had been an aircraft wireless operator with No. 166 Squadron, was imprisoned in Stalag Luft I after his Lancaster...
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Roger Bushell (category Participants in the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III)
was a South African RAF aviator. He masterminded the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III in 1944, but was one of the 50 escapees to be recaptured and subsequently...
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Jimmy Buckley (section Stalag Luft I, Barth)
brief period in solitary confinement, were transferred to Stalag Luft I at Barth. At Stalag Luft I, Day again assumed the role of senior British officer,...
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Austin-Barnes as Stuart O'Neill, a POW at Stalag Luft III Robert Hands as Major Gustav Simoleit, Deputy Commandant at Stalag Luft III Saro Emirze as Hanns Scharff...
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Stalag V-A was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp (Stammlager) located on the southern outskirts of Ludwigsburg, Germany. It housed Allied POWs...
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Stalag Luft 7 was a World War II Luftwaffe prisoner-of-war camp located in Morzyczyn, Pomerania, and Bankau, Silesia (now Bąków, Poland). It held British...
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Harry Day (category Participants in the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III)
am Main, were transferred to Stalag Luft I. Major Rumpel congratulated Day on his attempt. Day arrived at Stalag Luft I in July 1941 and immediately took...
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Stalag IX-B (also known as Bad Orb-Wegscheide) was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp located south-east of the town of Bad Orb in Hesse, Germany...
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himself off as a French national and was sent to a prisoner-of-war camp, Stalag XX-B, near Marienburg. While at Buchenwald, Yeo-Thomas met Squadron Leader...
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in supporting roles. He is most known for his roles in the classic films Stalag 17 (1953) and Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). In his final years, Erdman found...
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mass escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from German POW camp Stalag Luft III during the Second World War. The film made numerous compromises...
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Thomas Kirby-Green (category Participants in the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III)
prisoner during the Second World War. He took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, but was one of the men recaptured and subsequently...
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days of the campaign) gives 133 in Stalag 344, 98 in Stalag XX-B, 52 in Stalag VII-A, 52 in Stalag VIII-B, 50 in Stalag XX-A and smaller numbers in other...
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Vincent Parker (section Stalag Luft I)
prisoner of war, Parker escaping was constant. He escaped from Stalag Luft I and Stalag Luft III. In May 1942, the German prison authority sent Parker...
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Bram van der Stok (category Participants in the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III)
most decorated aviator in Dutch history. In March 1944, he broke out of Stalag Luft III – a prisoner-of-war camp in Nazi Germany – during the mass break-out...
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which he won his second screenplay Academy Award; Ace in the Hole (1951), Stalag 17 (1953) and Sabrina (1954). Wilder directed and co-wrote three films in...
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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (redirect from F-47 Thunderbolt)
an emergency landing on a German airfield. Roach was imprisoned at Stalag Luft I. The Thunderbolt was given German markings. After World War II, the...
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2009, Fripp returned to Stalag Luft III, where he and others commemorated his fallen comrades. On that occasion, he said "I'm glad I came to remember Mike –...
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List of 2000 AD stories (section F)
Later Soul Gun Warrior Soul Sisters The Spacegirls The Stainless Steel Rat Stalag #666 Stickleback Stone Island Storming Heaven The Straitjacket Fits Strange...
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region, including Stalag VIII-A, Stalag VIII-B, Stalag VIII-C, Stalag VIII-E, Oflag VIII-A, Oflag VIII-B, Oflag VIII-C, Oflag VIII-F, for Polish POWs and...
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Tony for The Shrike, and Best Director for The Shrike, The Fourposter, and Stalag 17. Ferrer was the father of actor Miguel Ferrer, the brother of Rafael...
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