Photo issued by Historic England of a watercolour plan of the Barracks of Norman Cross, with a list of buildings, made in 1799 (Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery) The site of the world’s first purpose ...

What is believed to be the first purpose-built prisoner-of-war camp, dating from the Napoleonic Wars, is now open to the public. The Norman Cross Camp in Yaxley, just south of Peterborough, housed ...

A prisoner of war camp from the Napoleonic era located in Cambridgeshire has been acquired by a trust to preserve it as a site of historical significance. Nene Park Trust has purchased Norman Cross, ...

Bien Hoa, Vietnam, April 1968: Viet Cong, in their spare time, read “Free World” magazines. One can be seen reading an article on Dak To. The Bien Hoa prisoner of war camp, run by the Army of the ...

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A group of POWs staged a sit-down strike at local processing plants. One POW, Heinz Golze, escaped from camps five times. Young women working alongside POWs were said to be "very familiar" with them.

The site of the world’s first purpose-built prisoner of war camp, which dates back to the Napoleonic wars, has been saved by Historic England funding. Now, the Napoleonic Norman Cross prison depot ...