Camps

German PoW camps in Devon held Hitler’s Last Army, says new history

January 30, 2015 by the Devon Week

In 1945 there were 400,000 German servicemen in the UK, rather than conquerors these people were prisoners of war, interred in camps throughout the country, including ones at Exeter, Plymouth, and Sidmouth.

Filed Under: Devon History Tagged With: Camps, Exeter, German PoWs, Hitler's Last Army, Plymouth, Robin Quinn, second world war, Sidmouth

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