Oflag 79

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Oflag 79
Braunschweig, Germany
British POWs at Oflag 79 in Brunswick during April 1945.jpg
British POWs at Oflag 79, April 1945.
Site information
Type Prisoner-of-war camp
Controlled byFlag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Nazi Germany
Location
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Oflag 79
Braunschweig, Germany, (pre-war borders, 1937)
Coordinates 52°18′29″N10°33′29″E / 52.3080°N 10.5581°E / 52.3080; 10.5581
Site history
In use1943-1945
Battles/wars World War II
Garrison information
OccupantsAbout 2,500 British & Commonwealth officers

Oflag 79 was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers. The camp was located at Waggum near Braunschweig in Germany, also known by the English name of Brunswick. It was located in a three-story brick building that had previously been the home of a German parachute regiment, near the Hermann Göring aircraft engine factory. [1]

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Camp history

Offizierslager 79 ("Officers Camp 79") was established in December 1943 with men transferred from camps in Italy, mainly British Commonwealth officers from the Battle of Crete and North African Campaign. More prisoners arrived in July 1944 transferred from Oflag VIII-F. On 24 August 1944 the camp was strafed by American and British aircraft. Three men were killed, and 14 seriously wounded. The camp was liberated by the U.S. Ninth Army on 12 April 1945.[ citation needed ]

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  1. "Lieutenant Edmund Scrivener (British 1st Airborne Div.)". pegasusarchive.org. 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. "The Return of Foyle's War". The Telegraph.
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