Oflag X-C
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Oflag X-C was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers located near Lübeck in northern Germany.
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- June 1940 the camp was established for French officers captured during the Battle of France.
- June 1941 British Commonwealth officers from the Battle of Crete[1] and North African Campaign arrived,
- During 1941 and 1942 many Allied air force crews that had been shot down were taken to Lübeck, then later transferred to Oflag VIB, Warburg[2]
- Liberated April 1945 by British forces
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- German army list
- detailed account of Lt. Ben Waters, Royal Navy
- "Wire and Worse: RAF Prisoners of War in Laufen, Bibarach, Lubeck and Warburg 1940-42" ISBN 0-7110-3050-2, by Charles Rollings, printed August 2004.