The Largest Axis POW Escape on American Soil: The Great Papago Escape (1944)

Описание: Nearby Phoenix, Arizona, lies what once was Camp Papago Park. Nearing the end of the Second World War, a bit over 3000 German Prisoners of War were housed there. Although Camp Papago Park's location was relatively isolated, in late 1944 it became the scene of the largest Axis POW breakout on U.S. soil: the Great Papago Escape.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:40 Preparing the Escape
6:47 The Manhunt
10:18 The Captain

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Sources:

Harvey, Miles, 2000, The Island of Lost Maps. Page 154.
Hoza, Steve. PW: First-Person Accounts of German Prisoners of War in Arizona. E6B Publications, 2002.

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San Bernardino Newspapers, December 1944.

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