Stalag Luft I : an official account of the PoW camp for air force personnel 1940-1945
2017
Books, Manuscripts
Located by the Baltic near the town of Barth in Western Pomerania, Germany, Stalag Luft I was one of a number of Stammlager Luftwaffe, these being permanent camps established and administered by the Luftwaffe, which were used to house Allied air force prisoners of war. Originally built for RAF personnel, by the time the camp was liberated by the Russians in May 1945, the camp contained approximately 7,500 American and 1,300 British and Commonwealth prisoners.
Imprint:
London : Frontline Books, 2017.
Collation:
256 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526708793 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.547243940.54724
LC class:
D805.5
Local class:
940.547940.547243
Language:
English
BRN:
1964564
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