Stalag Luft I

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Stalag Luft I was a German Army World War II prisoner-of-war camp built near Barth, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. The presence of the prison camp is said to have shielded the town of Barth from Allied bombing.^[1] Approximately 9,000 Allied Airmen ( 7,588 American and 1,351 Royal Air Force ) were imprisoned by the Germans at Stalag Luft I.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ The Last Escape - John Nichol, Tony Rennell - 2002 Penguin UK
2. ^ Stalag Luft I online

[edit] See also

• List of POW camps in Germany
• B24.net

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