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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 just north of the town of Moosburg in southern Bavaria. The camp covered an area of 35 hectares (86 acres).
An account of the march from Stalag XX-B by Sandy Bethune of the 4th Btn, Cameron Highlanders, recorded by the Evanton Oral History Project in 1991-92; Stalag VIII-B Discussion Board; Lamsdorf Remembered; Norman Jardine's Diary of a Forced March of POWs, January-May 1945; B24.net; Evacuation of Fallinbostel POW camp - April 1945; catwalkchatt.com
Oflag or Offizier-Lager ("Officer camp") – These were POW camps for officers. Stalag or Stammlager ("Base camp") – These were enlisted personnel POW camps. Stalag Luft or Luftwaffe-Stammlager ("Luftwaffe base camp") – These were POW camps administered by the German Air Force for Allied aircrews (including officers, e.g. Stalag Luft I).
Golf continued at Stalag Luft III, right up until January 1945, when the approaching Soviet army meant the remaining prisoners were forced on a freezing, brutal march to other POW camps.
By scanning three consecutive days of the Times Recorder on Sept. 22, 23 and 25, 1944, I discovered the Times Recorder kept its readers abreast of all that was happening with our local soldiers.
Of the hundreds of thousands of POWs shipped to the United States, only 2,222 tried to escape. [17] There were about 600 escape attempts from Canada during the war, [18] including at least two mass escapes through tunnels. Four German POWs were killed attempting to escape from Canadian prison camps. Three others were wounded.
Werner Drechsler – killed by fellow German POWs during WWII for informing on other prisoners; Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop – Australian surgeon and legend among prisoners of the Thai Burma Railway in WWII; Clive Dunn – British Dad's Army actor, captured following the Battle of Greece in 1941 and held in German captivity until the end of WWII
The next morning, one of the Italian POWs, Guglielmo Olivotto, was found hanged. A court martial led to the conviction of 28 Black soldiers, two for murder.