Stalag III-C was a German Army World War II prisoner-of-war camp for Allied soldiers. It was located on a plain near the village of Alt Drewitz bei Küstrin...
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In Germany, stalag (/ˈstælæɡ/; German: [ˈʃtalak]) was a term used for prisoner-of-war camps. Stalag is a contraction of "Stammlager", itself short for...
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German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II (redirect from Stalag VI-A)
(Cibórz/Sulechów) Oflag III-C Lübben/Spree Stalag IV-A Elsterhorst Stalag IV-B Mühlberg (Elbe) Stalag IV-C Wistritz (Bystřice) Stalag IV-D Torgau Stalag IV-E Altenburg...
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Stalag Luft III (German: Stammlager Luft III; literally "Main Camp, Air, III"; SL III) was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during the Second...
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After several unsuccessful attempts, Beyrle escaped from the German Stalag III-C in January 1945 and joined a Soviet tank battalion under the command...
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The Stalag Luft III murders were war crimes perpetrated by members of the Gestapo following the "Great Escape" of Allied prisoners of war from the German...
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town of Kostrzyn nad Odrą in western Poland. During World War II, the Stalag III-C German prisoner-of-war camp for Polish, French, British, Serbian, Belgian...
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Stalag III-A was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp at Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, 52 kilometres (32 mi) south of Berlin. It housed Polish...
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Silesia/Lower Silesia. During World War II, the Oflag II-C, Stalag III-C, Stalag VIII-C and Stalag Luft III major German prisoner-of-war camps for Polish, French...
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Stalag VIII-C was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp, near Sagan, Lower Silesia (now Żagań, Poland). It was adjacent to the famous Stalag Luft...
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which started World War II. During the war, the Germans operated the Stalag III-C prisoner-of-war camp for Polish, French, Serbian, Soviet, Italian, British...
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Stalag XXI-C was a German Army World War II prisoner-of-war camp located in Wolsztyn in German-occupied Poland. It held mostly Polish, French, British...
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October 1942, when 200 RAF NCOs from Stalag Luft III were moved there. From 1943, American POWs were sent to the camp. Stalag Luft I consisted of a West Compound...
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Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive. U.S. Army Sergeant Joseph Beyrle, who had escaped from Stalag III-C POW camp in Alt Drewitz in early January 1945, encountered Samusenko's...
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Stalag VII-A (in full: Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschafts-Stammlager VII-A) was the largest prisoner-of-war camp in Nazi Germany during World War II, located...
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including Stalag I-A, Stalag I-B, Stalag II-B, Stalag II-D, Stalag III-C, Stalag VIII-A, Stalag VIII-C, Stalag XX-B, Stalag XXI-A, Stalag XXI-D, Stalag 325...
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1940 most enlisted men were shipped to other camps: Stalag XIII-A, Stalag XIII-B and Stalag XIII-C. Only those remained who were already employed in local...
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prisoner-of-war camps, including Stalag III-A, Stalag III-B, Stalag III-C, Stalag III-D, Oflag II-A, Oflag III-A, Oflag III-B, Oflag III-C, Oflag 8 and Oflag 80...
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prisoner-of-war camps, including Stalag III-A, Stalag III-B, Stalag III-C, Stalag III-D, Oflag II-A, Oflag III-A, Oflag III-B, Oflag III-C, Oflag 8 and Oflag 80...
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Germans used Polish prisoners of war as forced labourers to build the Stalag III-C POW camp in the present-day district of Drzewice. It housed Polish, French...
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were held: Stalag II-B with 12,904 Italian POWs as of 1 October 1942 Stalag II-D with 6,409 Italian POWs as of October 1943 Stalag III-C with 1,449 Italian...
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established nine forced labour camps, as well as four labour units of the Stalag III-C prisoner-of-war camp for French, Italian and Soviet prisoners of war...
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prisoner-of-war camps, including Stalag III-A, Stalag III-B, Stalag III-C, Stalag III-D, Oflag II-A, Oflag III-A, Oflag III-B, Oflag III-C, Oflag 8 and Oflag 80...
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then ending at Stalag III-A at Luckenwalde, 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Berlin. The "southern route", from Stalag VIII-B (formerly Stalag VIII-D) at Teschen...
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Poland). It was about 15 km (9.3 mi) south of the camps Stalag VIII-C and Stalag Luft III at Sagan, Silesia (now Żagań, Poland). It was built on a large...
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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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World War II. He is best known today for having been the commandant of Stalag Luft III, which is famous for the 'great escape' which took place in 1944. Friedrich...
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Roger Bushell (category Participants in the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III)
Air Force aviator. He masterminded the famous "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, but was one of the 50 escapees to be recaptured and...
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Stalag 383 was a German World War II Prisoner of War camp located in Hohenfels, Bavaria. The German Army founded a training area near Hohenfels, Bavaria...
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