Masters Of The Air Episode 9: The Long March and STALAG VIIA POW Camp

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Masters Of The Air Episode 9: The Long March and STALAG VIIA POW Camp
Gale Buck Cleven and John Bucky Egan were Squadron Commanders, assigned to the 100th Bombardment Group during World War 2. Both would be shot down and become prisoners of war in Stalag Luft III, the same camp where The Great Escape happened in March 1945. As the war entered its sixth year, Buck and Bucky along with other aircrew from the 100th Bomb Group were ordered to march south towards STALAG VIIA at Moosburg in Bavaria, Germany, as the Allies closed in from the West and the Soviet Forces from the East.
This is the true account of the famed Long March undertaken by the POWs from Stalag Luft III to STALAG VIIA at Moosburg and what happened to Major John 'Bucky' Egan and Major Gale 'Buck' Cleven along the way. This also includes the account of some of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, the 'Red Tails' who had flown P-51 Mustangs from Italy but had been shot down and captured.
Filmed on location at the site of the former STALAG VIIA, this the only documentary detailed what happened to the men of the 100th Bomb Group, their journey from Stalag Luft III to Moosburg and their liberation in May 1945 by the 14th Armored Division.
Based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name, and scripted by John Orloff, “Masters of the Air” follows the men of the 100th Bomb Group (the “Bloody Hundredth”) as they conduct perilous bombing raids over Germany and grapple with the frigid conditions, lack of oxygen, and sheer terror of combat conducted at 25,000 feet in the air. Portraying the psychological and emotional price paid by these young men as they helped destroy the horror of the Third Reich, is at the heart of “Masters of the Air.” Some were shot down and captured; some were wounded or killed. And some were lucky enough to make it home. Regardless of individual fate, a toll was exacted on them all.
The series features a stellar cast led by Academy Award nominee Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle and Nate Mann, who are joined by Raff Law, Academy Award nominee Barry Keoghan, Josiah Cross, Branden Cook and Ncuti Gatwa.
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@rhondiesue1194 Ай бұрын

I never knew much about my neighbor growing up in a small town in Nevada, other than hearing that he wouldn't eat cabbage because he'd eaten so much of it when he was a POW. I was young, I didn't understand then what he and his family had gone through. It was from finding records that have been put online in the past few years and reading small town newspaper articles also available online now that I was able to piece his story together. He was in Mooseburg, Stalag 7A. I also learned that his cousin was also a POW in Stalag 5. Thank you so much for making this video. I'm 65 years old now and am just learning the stories of the men who I knew growing up who were WW2 Veterans in a small town. May they never be forgotten.

@maryschroeder4987 3 ай бұрын

My Dad, John Francis Sullivan, was a POW there. He was captured in a farmhouse in Bologna, Italy on October 26, 1945. He was a forward observer. While there he wrote a three-book diary. He wrote about their capture and the march to the Bremmer Pass, where they finally were placed on a train. While a POW, he was put on a workforce and rebuilt railroads that had been bombed by the Americans in Munich. He wrote about the Red Cross packages and how the GI's would exchange items in their package. We visited Mooseburg in 2019. It was quite emotional Like most WWI soldiers, Dad never spoke of the war and refused to watch any war movie.

@user-ur4uq2lx8u 3 ай бұрын

Fascinating, this is a great video to teach us the history of WW2. Thank You!

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

You're most welcome!

@warbirdwf 3 ай бұрын

Nice, detailed video. Well done. I'm a big WW2 guy. It's amazing how much attention WW2 still gets today, 80 years later. Great stuff.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@sabii416 3 ай бұрын

Great footage of what life was like for these men in a prisoner of war camp. Couldn't imagine the anxiety and hardship of flying into the heart of Germany, being shot down and enduring life in a camp. Thanks for shining a light on these lesser known subjects.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! The footage is all from Moosburg which was filmed just after it’s liberation so it’s a great point of reference! And I agree, the fear those men must have gone through is unimaginable!

@jim7544 3 ай бұрын

My father liberated the Moosburg camp on April '45, as part of 99th Infantry division. He told me the British and American prisoners were pretty much Ok - while the Russians were in terrible shape. Great job on the video !

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Jim! Moosburg is a fascinating place and hard to imagine the scenes your Father witnessed during those chaotic days!

@bettylaselli2048 3 ай бұрын

Wow! Thanks for sharing Jim! God bless to your father ❤

@ruthirace4134 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this information Jim. The more I learn, the more I can fill in the puzzle. My dad didn't talk about his experiences too much and only when he was much older.

@TheEagles427 3 ай бұрын

What an outstanding presentation! Thank you for all you do 🇺🇸🫡

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! The former site at Stalag VIIA is quite the place to visit.

@michaelhortin 2 ай бұрын

Thx for the video, my grandad was liberated at Moosberg after walking from Lamsdorf.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 ай бұрын

Oh wow! which unit was he with before being made a POW? I've filmed several epsidoes about Moosburg and STALAG VIIA that are on my channel if you have time to take a look.

@michaelhortin 2 ай бұрын

@@WW2Wayfinder He was in the Fusiliers and served in the middle east. He landed near Battapagia in Italy where he was captured in 43. I have found what I think is a mention of his and others capture indirectly in a book about the fusiliers! He was then taken to Lamsdorf and then was in long march to Moosberg. Interestingly my dad (his son) worked in an international school, one of his German colleagues has grown up around Moosberg. Talked about hunting rats for food....was a weird coincidence. Will take a look at the other videos..😉

@ruthirace4134 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your videos. My dad helped to liberate this camp in late April 1945. He was with the 99th Infantry Division. He said they were with Hodge's 1st Army and later attached to Patton's 3rd Army but only for a short time. He spoke of seeing so many sick soldiers. They moved through the camp quickly. Your video has added such a layer of interesting information. Thank you! I hope the locals save the POW barrack for historical purposes. Looking forward to your next video.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing that about your Father Ruth. It’s a strange place to visit knowing what happened there and to see it now as a housing estate! I hope you enjoyed the original footage from the camp as I’m sure they’re scenes your Father would have witnessed first hand during that time in April/May 1945!

@jim7544 3 ай бұрын

Intersting! My father was in the I&R platoon, 394th Inf. Reg. , one of the first to get there. Years later, he went back .

@ruthirace4134 3 ай бұрын

@@jim7544 Yes, interesting and what a small world! My dad was a replacement in H393. Yes, he was also in the first groups to enter. He and another soldier went into a building where there were sick men coughing, etc. They felt sorry for them and started to give them their rations when a sargeant yelled at them to stop and for them to get out and move on. So they did . . . He also remembered seeing prisoners wearing turbans.

@ruthirace4134 3 ай бұрын

@@WW2Wayfinder Absolutely! Thank you - it means so much to see your videos. I hope to go there and to the site of the Bridge at Remagen. (Excellent videos, too!)

@robertbenson9797 3 ай бұрын

This must be a 99th Division reunion, of sorts. My dad was also in the 99th Division, 394th Regiment, 1st battalion. Being at the very northern shoulder of the Battle of the Bulge, the 106th Division, was on the southern flank of the 99th. The 106th Division had, literally just gone on line a couple of days before the German attack. When the attack started on December 16, 1944, most of the main German thrust in the north was at the 99th and 106th divisions. After the first 24 hours, almost all of the 106th was overrun. With the southern flank open, the 99th had to make “a strategic withdrawal” to the Elsenborn Ridge. Many of the captured soldiers of the 99th Division were mixed in with members of the 106th. These POWs were moved to the Moosburg camp. After the end of the Bulge, the 99th attacked into Germany and crossed the Rhine River over the Ludendorff bridge at Remagen. The 99th was the first full US Division to cross into Germany over the bridge. After the Ruhr pocket was secured, the 99th was moved to Bavaria, like a lot of US divisions, to cut off a Nazi retreat into the Alps. Because of this deployment, many of the captured 99th Division soldiers from the Bulge were liberated by their own division at the Moosburg POW camp. The 99th Division also liberated many sub-camps of the Dachau main camp in the area around Munich. The 99th is recognized by the National Holocaust Museum as a liberating division.

@beckaroobanzai2777 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your tireless work in tracking down these photos and telling their stories. All of these men deserve the respect of having their stories told. We owe them our lives and our freedom. My father fought in the Battle of the Bulge, 26th Infantry Division. 🇺🇸💝🪖

@rsfaeges5298 3 ай бұрын

Props!! Your "then & now" videos fascinate me. The results of your research about "then" are impressive. Your work on the ground to synch "then" with "now" ... well, the end result looks like you're just strolling around, but it's clear that you do a ton of work on the ground to get those results. 👏

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I can vouch for the walking around a lot! Moosburg is relatively straight forward but some places it feels like I’ve reeked forever to find somewhere that was behind me or just round a corner🤣

@suepalin9202 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, Jon, for another informative video. It's always poignant to see the "then and now" photographs and the local residents who have erected and are looking after this small museum should be praised for their work. After all, it cannot have been easy for them to remember this dreadful period in their modern history in their small town. I hope that the remaining barrack block will be restored and conserved as part of the project.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Sue. I'll have more original footage from the camp out this week that shows it's liberation by the 14th Armored. The locals who keep the memory alive there are a lovely bunch and I spent a long time talking to them about the camp and what they do there.

@virginiaveritas326 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video! My FIL was at Moosburg VIIA (after his time at SLIII and SLXIIIA) and survived the long march in January/Feb and again in April. He was, like thousands of others, liberated by Patton's soldiers in April '45. I even have photographs of him there, with his fellow Airmen of the 100th Bomb Group. It is quite illuminating to see VIIA as it exists now, and i am very surprised that some of the barracks still exist. Thank you so much for posting this!

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing that. Which Squadron in the 100th did he fly with? Mossburg is quite the place to visit and the local museum there dedicated to the camp is run by local volunteers who don't want the story of the camp to be forgotten.

@virginiaveritas326 3 ай бұрын

He flew with the 418th BS, and was Major Egan's navigator on the Munster Mission (he appears in MOTA in 5 episodes). I hope to someday visit the Museums at SLIII as well as Moosberg.@@WW2Wayfinder

@truthtriumphant 3 ай бұрын

@@virginiaveritas326Interesting! Your father was a great American hero!!🇺🇸🫡🙏💕What was his name?

@virginiaveritas326 3 ай бұрын

@@truthtriumphant 1st Lieutenant David Solomon.

@truthtriumphant 3 ай бұрын

@@virginiaveritas326 Thank you! God bless you!!!🙏💕

@jefferycsm 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Absolutely terrific research! Keep them coming, please!

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’ll have one more Masters of the Air related video but it’ll be out in a few weeks😃

@freebrook 2 ай бұрын

Looking at this area on Google Earth after watching this video. I find it surreal that people live in what looks like typical modern suburban middle-class houses right up next to the crumbling remains of buildings from the camp. I'm also puzzled as to why those buildings are left to decay. Either preserve them (fix them up) or just demolish them like the rest of the camp. I mean, they have a museum and they have memorials around the (what is now a neighborhood) camp grounds. I would say preserve the buildings. I counted 4 -- the one prisoner barrack and three guards barracks/ office buildings (?). The prisoner barrack is so far gone and clearly dangerous to be near, but the other three look like they can be easily preserved. They're just sitting there. It's weird. Love your work, btw!

@WW2Wayfinder 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! And yes it’s quite the location to visit given how it’s now just a housing estate. The local council are trying to restore the old barrack building so hopefully one day it’ll be open for people to walk around properly.

@randall6060 3 ай бұрын

Another great episode!

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@stevevalley2784 3 ай бұрын

Its nice to here about & see an original barracks building of Stalag VIIA.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

I think it must be one of the few remaining POW barrack blocks left from the war in Europe and really nice to see the local council have taken lengths to preserve it! Thank you for watching!

@stevevalley2784 3 ай бұрын

Its nice to see they are doing their best to save it. I know you cover WW11 mostly & have enjoyed your videos on WW11 airfields. Have you or any possible future videos on WW1 aerodrome sites?

@shimshal179 3 ай бұрын

Très beau travail de mémoire , toutes mes félicitations !

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Merci!

@leesherman100 3 ай бұрын

Excellent as per usual. I commend you for all your efforts in gathering WWII information and photos. Positively love your videos. Thumbs up!!

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! It’s not the glamorous side of the war by any means but vitally important to show it nonetheless and I’m still amazed to have seen the last remaining barrack block preserve there by the local council!

@wildcolonialman 3 ай бұрын

Fabulous fabulous effort.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it and I hope it helped to provide some context if you seen episode 9 of Masters of the Air!

@GStatusMusicChannel 3 ай бұрын

Amazing as always. Thanks for sharing.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

You’re most welcome! Glad you enjoyed it and hopefully provides some historical background to what we’ll see over the remaining two episodes!

@georgeallen4495 3 ай бұрын

What a extremely well researched and interesting video. My father was in the 3rd Armored when they found the Dora-Mittelbau Concentration camp near Nordhausen in April 1945 not long after their Commander Major General Maurice Rose was killed/murdered near Paderborn. My father said very little about what he had seen there. I can understand the frustration of the men being made to stay in the camp after liberation but I also understand the reason why. Not a good situation anyway you look at it to say the least. Your free but your not, hard to swallow. Thank you for this great video.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Wow, I can’t begin to imagine the sights your Father must have witnessed there. Must have been a harrowing experience. I’m glad you enjoyed the video as the POW side of the war is so often given little attention but their fight was as real as those on the front lines albeit in a very different way.

@firstcitytraveler 3 ай бұрын

Another great video. I can't wait to see what your next video covers. Thanks, Jon for all your hard work creating great content.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this one! Quite the thing to see that last barrack block there withstanding the test of time! Next week will be all about the aerial resupply missions in the Bastogne during the siege of the city.

@gibraltersteamboatco888 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for another great piece.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@1psychofan 3 ай бұрын

This was so interesting! Thank you for this episode ❤

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

You’re most welcome, glad you enjoyed it!

@derekperry3488 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff as always. Very interesting. Thanks so much for these videos. I really enjoy them.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Derek, glad you enjoyed it. Moosburg is a fascinating place and to see the remains of the camp as they are 80 years later was quite something.

@NickyB0718 3 ай бұрын

Great video very informative can’t wait for tomorrow’s episode of masters of the air

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you and likewise, Fridays now basically revolve around watching MotA at least twice 🤣

@steveb5341 3 ай бұрын

Superb vid mate. Really makes you think of what those suffered in camps such as this. Especially the March from 3 to 7a.. crazy

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Steve! It’s insane what they went through. I’ve was accounts of prisoners carrying the guards rifles to help them out! Quite incredible and this was one March of many at that time!!!!!

@titomontana8848 3 ай бұрын

Love the channel, keep up the great work.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@michaeldean1289 3 ай бұрын

Hi Jon Thanks for sharing another fantastic story. Great footage and editing.❤😊

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it mate! Moosburg is quite a unique place these days!

@richardyoder3646 3 ай бұрын

Another outstanding one Jon

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Richard!

@jamesearly8518 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Thanks!

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

You’re most welcome. Glad you enjoyed it and hope it added some historical background to the show!

@johnrye6752 3 ай бұрын

Thanks i did enjoy.....

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thank you for watching!

@RobJones262 3 ай бұрын

Great to see the archive aerial shot flying over the camp and then the drone shot. Could really make out the layout of the camp. Great vid ;)

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

That footage is invaluable and I have more of it that I'll put out this Friday. You can still make out what remains today via Google Maps from 1945 and it's quite incredible to see some of the farm buildings have stood the test of time and haven't been knocked down as the rest of the area has undergone some substantial redevelopment!

@jbellos1 3 ай бұрын

This was very interesting!! I was aware of the POW's plight from a man who survived to tell the story on yt interviews. I got to play a part in the stage drama Stalag 17 decades ago, which was made into a movie of the same title. Doing the research for the role, I gained great respect for all those men. Great vid!!

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Sounds like an interesting production! And great that it got you interested and researched the subject! It’s an area that is so often overlooked as it’s not glamorous but the human stories always amaze me! Thanks for taking the time to watch.

@troykauffman3963 3 ай бұрын

Great presentation Jon. That was one hell of a forced march. Great to see they are preserving the old barracks. The then and now pictures as always are fascinating to see. I learned more about the POW camps, thank you very much. Keep up the outstanding work, safe travels. 🫡

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Troy, glad you enjoyed it and I agree it’s quite something to see the old buildings being preserved rather than torn down for more shapeless boxes! He local museum there is really nice too, all run by locals who care about the events there all those years ago!

@thebronzetoo 3 ай бұрын

This is a fantastic video WW2WF!!!

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

@ncwoodworker 3 ай бұрын

Ery nice presentation. Several years ago I visited the site of Stalag Luf3. Not much there now. I did not know much about the transition up Luf 7.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'd like to visit Stalag Luft III at some point becasue of the events that unfolded there in March but I hope this throws a little light on to the role of Stalag VIIA and just how vast the population was there until its liberation in 1945.

@ncwoodworker 3 ай бұрын

There isn’t a lot there now. There is a prison like fence and guard tower that out lines the area where the tunnel was located. The museum and gift shop is small but has interesting artifacts. I would love to see your perspective on Stalag Luf3. Your story telling is superb.

@user-cu4on5ir5l 3 ай бұрын

Merci cher monsieur, Je suis vos liens depuis quelques semaines. C'est toujours prodigieux. Une pensée pour nos chers vétérans ❤

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Merci. Je suis heureux que vous ayez apprécié l'épisode et j'en aurai un de plus sur Masters Of The Air ainsi que d'autres sur la Bataille des Ardennes et de Normandie !

@user-cu4on5ir5l 3 ай бұрын

Nous aurons l'occasion de les honorer à l'occasion de MD à l'US military cemetery de Colleville-sur-mer.

@joemabry9643 3 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

You’re most welcome!

@the-primered-thumb 3 ай бұрын

That was brilliant mate 😉👍

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 😃

@whos-the-stiff 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. Thank you for producing something that a majority of us will never get to see in person.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

You’re most welcome! Glad you enjoyed it! The site at Moosburg is an odd one knowing it’s now a housing estate but it is great to see some of the important buildings still remain 80 plus years on!

@whos-the-stiff 3 ай бұрын

@@WW2Wayfinder it was fascinating to see that almost collapsed prisoner block.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

It’s quite incredible isn’t it. It’s reassuring though to see the local council have taken steps to preserve it as best they can!

@33rdusa 3 ай бұрын

It's a shame more of the camp is not still there but at least they have some signage, and they are preserving a bit of it. Modern development encroaches. Which makes the work you do all the more important. I look at recent videos of Patton Barracks in Heidelberg where I was stationed in the early 70's. It has been the subject to a redevelopment attempt but in my opinion, it would have been better to have maintained the existing structures. Unlike an internment camp it was built to last. Keep up the good work. You are documenting history.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Jack, for me the biggest shock was seeing the houses built for the large German families that the Party encourgaed in the 1930's and 40's and to see them still standing and being lived it! It made me wonder if those who own the homes know their original purpose!! It's a shame about the Patton Barracks, from what I've seen of germany a lot is torn down and replaced either with modern structures or period looking buildings but they're not original so tracking down certain spots has been quite challenging. I did however find an abandoned Gebirgsjager barracks near Bad Tölz which was fascinating to walk around.

@33rdusa 3 ай бұрын

About 100 yards down the road north of Dachau KZ camp ( going away from the entrance end) on the right is a complex of very large traditional German style yellowish housing buildings. You can see them on Google maps next to a garden. I believe they were the housing for the guards (I may be wrong) and were still being lived in a few years ago when I was last there. Looked like low rent housing today. If true It must be a bit eerie if you know who was once living there.

@mikehall5815 3 ай бұрын

Great job again Jon 👏. I don't know whether to call you Professor or bloodhound🤣. Thank you and stay safe my friend.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Haha thanks Mike, glad you enjoyed it! More bloodhound than professor I think, I quit my Masters Degree as I got tired of education back in the day!🤣

@hughquinn3732 3 ай бұрын

Great video very interesting

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@hughquinn3732 3 ай бұрын

Credit where it's due,your channel will grow that's for sure

@AnthonyBrown12324 2 ай бұрын

Great video saw you on WW2 TV . Transgressing a bit I have to agree with your opinions on Masters of the Air , particularly regarding the very few scenes with the RAF . maybe better to leave them out .. Otherwise a very good series. Really appreciate your factual material on the prison camps . Was aware of the forced marches but the specific details were enlightening.

@WW2Wayfinder 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I think the scenes in MotA were just poorly written. Similar scenes could have been added but written in a more realistic manner. Overall MotA was a good series and I absolutley loved some scenes but I think it will rank as No. 3 of the Hanks/Speilberg WW2 series and I don't think it'll have the longevity that Band of Brothers or the Pacific has enjoed as I suspect some of the CGI will age badly over the coming years.

@AnthonyBrown12324 2 ай бұрын

@@WW2Wayfinder yes I watched Band of Brothers several times and got them ( Pacific too )both on Box sets on disc > i just think there were many positive things they could have portrayed , If they were going to mention the RAF . The TV series from the 6os 12 O' clock High managed to do this even a certain amount of humour about the cultural difference . Yes but getting action scenes in real life rather than CGI like that is very difficult . Perhaps only The Battle Of Britain gets any where near realism . Even that for pedants has some inaccurate versions of the Aircraft , vehicles ect. . But I suspect its never been possible to better it .

@Eric-kn4yn 3 ай бұрын

Many junker school cadets were described by allies as cunning as foxes when used as snipers they at least were dangerous opponents .

@ruthirace4134 3 ай бұрын

Just noticed on your "List of Notable Prisoners", Lyle Bouck. I recognized his name. I believe he was assigned to the 99th Infantry Division. The division was in the area of Lanzerath during the BOB.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

That’s the chap! I filmed at Lanzerath last December and that episode is on my Battle of the Bulge Playlist!

@ruthirace4134 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! @@WW2Wayfinder

@ColinH1973 3 ай бұрын

Officers' camps were generally of a better standard than those of other ranks. Have you been to Stalag XXB Marienburg (now Malbork in Poland)? There's a fantastic museum and exhibition in the town that details its history. Very interesting and informative video indeed. Thank you.

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

I’ve not been to any in Poland yet (sadly not had the chance to even visit Poland) but I do plan to so will see what’s possible!

@ColinH1973 3 ай бұрын

@@WW2WayfinderSagan (now Żagan) is well worth a visit. The location of the Great Escape tunnel is well laid out, and the memorial to the murdered 50 is well kept. It was built by other prisoners who gave their parole that they wouldn't try to escape. It's quite a profound place, although the ashes are all in separate marked graves in the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Poznań. This is also well-maintained. Enjoy your visit when you go!

@1psychofan 3 ай бұрын

That flag at the end? What an exit! Wow

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

It’s crazy isn’t it! I’d like to travel to Georgia one day to see it given its significance!

@1psychofan 3 ай бұрын

@@WW2Wayfinder yes! That would be fantastic! But don’t go in the heat of summer-mosquitoes are BAD, so I am told!

@HistoryWorldWar2Channel 3 ай бұрын

👍👍!!!

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Eric-kn4yn 3 ай бұрын

How many guards were there for security

@sgt13echo 3 ай бұрын

I wonder if a metal detector would find anything left there on the grounds

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Very little to anything I’d imagine given how it’s almost been completely redeveloped over the years. The museum has some nice artefacts from the former camp preserved in its collection though.

@DJ-on3gc 3 ай бұрын

Just spoiled upcoming episodes I’m sure, thanks mate 😂

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

Wait until you hear who wins!😂😉

@DJ-on3gc 3 ай бұрын

@@WW2Wayfinder 😂😂 thanks for sharing! Always cracking content

@LCMNUNES1962 3 ай бұрын

JUSTIN BEABER na FOTO 🤔

@Eric-kn4yn 3 ай бұрын

The logic from germans could be geneva convention states POWs are not to be in combat zone so march to safety ?

@FlyTheMajestic 3 ай бұрын

Great work. Just as the Jewish concentration camps, you mention they had to keep the prisoners, or liberated, within the compounds. It’s a hard pill to swallow, but understand why. Obviously something the liberated didn’t want to hear. With the inevitable liberation, did the Germans try to take out as many of these prisoners as possible as they did the Jewish concentration camps, just before the arrival of the allies?

@WW2Wayfinder 3 ай бұрын

The guards fled or were rounded up. I’ve got a great photo somewhere of them being escorted north from Moosburg to their own internment camp by the Americans in May 1945!