Africa and Italy POW camp map and Escapee and Evacuation route map
Nov 28 2011in Maps, Prisoners of War Jacksun 1 Comment »
North Africa and Italy POW Camp Map 1941 – 1942 Escapee and Evacuation Routes Africa and Crete Source nzetc.org
Nov 28 2011in Maps, Prisoners of War Jacksun 1 Comment »
North Africa and Italy POW Camp Map 1941 – 1942 Escapee and Evacuation Routes Africa and Crete Source nzetc.org
Nov 26 2011in Prisoners of War, Real Life Stories Jacksun 1 Comment »
Charlie Waite and Allan Jones have just been to France to visit his old battleground. A three part film has been put on You Tube and can be viewed by clicking on the embedded video links below.
Nov 26 2011in Prisoners of War, Real Life Stories Jacksun Comments Off on Stalag Luft III – the location of the Great Escape
Andy Johnson (BBC Inside Out North West) goes in search of the prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III – the location of the Great Escape – after the discovery of the wartime diaries of Flt Lt Ted Nestor. Video Credits: Presenter: Simon O’Brien Presenter: Andy Johnson Reporter: Jacey Normand http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/
Nov 26 2011in Prisoners of War Jacksun Comments Off on The Great Escape
Allied aircrew shot down during World War II were incarcerated after interrogation in Air Force Prisoner of War camps run by the Luftwaffe, called Stalag Luft, short for Stammlager Luft or Permanent Camps for Airmen. Stalag Luft III was situated in Sagan, 100 miles south-east of Berlin, now called Zagan, in Upper Silesia, Poland. It […]
Nov 25 2011in Research Jacksun 2 Comments »
Most of us at one time or another require documents from the U.K. National Archives – Kew as we try to obtain further and more detailed information regarding family members who have served. The National Archives provides an online search engine and the ability to order what you need online. There are two issues with […]
Nov 17 2011in Prisoners of War, Real Life Stories Jacksun Comments Off on One Soldiers Tale – Bankau Stalag Luft 7 Diary
In early 1945, as the Russian and Allied armies stormed their way across Europe and began to threaten Germany the Nazi’s began a process of moving POW’s deeper into Germany. Many of these POW’s were force marched for hundred’s of kilometers in the middle of winter with freezing cold temperatures, no food, no medical care, […]
Nov 14 2011in Evasion and Escape, Real Life Stories Jacksun Comments Off on Victims of The Great Escape
Victims The day after the mass escape from Stalag Luft III, Hitler gave personal orders that every recaptured officer was to be shot. Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, head of the Luftwaffe, Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, chief of state security, and Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel head of the German High Command, who had ultimate control over prisoners of […]
Nov 14 2011in Evasion and Escape, Prisoners of War Jacksun Comments Off on Mass Escapes from German POW Camps
Mass escapes occur when 5 or more prisoners escape from a prison or prisoner-of-war camp at the same time. Most mass escapes occur after many months of careful planning and preparation, but seldom achieve complete success as usually the detaining power maximises the effort to find and recapture the escapers. Date Escape known as POW […]