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Tango01  | 30 May 2024 5:19 p.m. PST |
…by archaeologists
"The remains of a ‘comfortable' prisoner of war camp used during and after the Second World War have been found in Shropshire.
Archaeologists excavating the site near a roundabout at Mile End, Oswestry, found a variety of structural evidence for the existence of the camp, as well as artefacts and documents. Large numbers of German prisoners of war were held in Britain between the outbreak of the conflict in September 1939 and late 1948. Numbers reached a peak of around 400,000 in 1946, shortly before repatriations began…" Main page
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| uglyfatbloke | 02 Jun 2024 10:33 a.m. PST |
In the 70s I went to the former PoW camp at Cultybraggan in Scotland for exped training. The word 'comfortable' does not spring to mind. |
| Tango01 | 02 Jun 2024 3:48 p.m. PST |
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| Trockledockle | 10 Jun 2024 1:19 a.m. PST |
Cultybraggan is a tourist attraction nowadays. link |
| Tango01 | 10 Jun 2024 3:53 p.m. PST |
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