German Prisoners of War in America (Artifacts of WWII) | American Artifact Episode 80

Описание: After the initial contact with the Germans in North Africa in WWII, citizens across the U.S. started seeing POW camps pop up all over the country. One of them was even placed on the fields of Pickett's Charge in Gettysburg! In this episode, we're taking a look at a few artifacts at The Gettysburg Museum of History that are connected to the prisoners who found themselves working in the U.S. during WWII.

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