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Island Farm, also called Camp 198, was a prisoner of war camp on the outskirts of the town of Bridgend, South Wales. It hosted a number of Axis prisoners, mainly German, and was the scene of the largest escape attempt by German POWs in Britain during World War II. Near the end of the war it was renamed Special Camp XI and used to detain many senior SS military leaders who were awaiting extradition to the Nuremberg trials.[1][2]
- ^ "BRIDGEND GERMAN POW CAMP, ISLAND FARM CAMP 198 / SPECIAL CAMP XI". 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ Rogers, Simon (8 November 2010). "Every prisoner of war camp in the UK mapped and listed". the Guardian. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
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