Yet again, whoever wrote this was seemingly unaware that over ninety Italian PoWs escaped from Doonfoot Camp No116 at Ayr in December 1944. Getting a bit tired of hearing about the Bridgend one [/rant] "A remarkable collection of images of high-ranking Nazi officers at a British prisoner of war camp in the aftermath of the Second World War have been unearthed after 70 years. Senior figures including Gerd von Rundstedt, who was commander in chief of the German army in Western Europe, were held at Island Farm POW camp near Bridgend, south Wales, while awaiting the Nuremburg Trials. The authorities had to find suitable accommodation for a large number of POWs captured in Europe and Island Farm, with its concrete huts surrounded by open fields, fitted the bill. The fascinating collection of photographs, documents and letters were compiled by the camp's intelligence officer, Captain Ted Lees. Among them are notes from Captain Lees who recalls a conversation with Rundstedt, to whom he became a confidante despite being Jewish, where he criticises Hitler for his infamous 'halt order' which allowed the Allies to escape from Dunkirk. In one image, Rundstedt is seen being greeted like a VIP at Bridgend train station by a British officer due to his rank and status as former commander of the German Army. Island Farm was also the scene of the 'Forgotten Great Escape' on March 10, 1945, when 86 prisoners got out through a 70ft tunnel dug under Hut 9, the only surviving building at the site today. Some of the escapees made it as far as Southampton and Birmingham after stealing cars, but they were all eventually recaptured." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...British-POW-camp-unearthed.html#ixzz4anFZoezA Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Reminds me of the "Cowra breakout" in New South Wales Australia... With 1104 Japanese trying to escape, It was the largest and bloodiest breakout of WW2. 4 Australians and 231 Japanese died before they were recaptured.
