A German prisoner-of-war made this model while interned in Somerset during the Second World War. After D Day in 1944 large numbers of German prisoners arrived in Somerset. Many worked on farms ...

But, sending women to the frontline in World War 2 was illegal - so they weren’t protected by the Geneva Convention and, if captured, would have none of the rights of prisoners of war.

During World War II, many Allied pilots ... But one daring prisoner of war took matters into his own hands—stealing the camp commander’s personal German bomber to make his escape.

After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II ... for certain prisoners fairly easy, they will relax." After the War Department acquired ...