Post by Administrator on Jan 6, 2017 18:28:31 GMT
Memories of a Welsh childhood in Barry during Second World War
D-DAY
As the war progressed, prisoners of war appeared in Barry. They were mainly in camps on the Port Road. There were Germans, Italians and Mongol troops.
The Italians and later some Germans were allowed to work on the local farms. They were picked up by lorry and dropped off at the farms; some later acquired bicycles and were allowed to make their own way back and forth.
The Mongolian PoWs worked on the docks in Cardiff and were taken to work by lorry. (After the war they were sent back to Russia, where it was said they were all executed).
Preparations for D-Day led to the build up of troops in the are and equipment was stockpiled all around Barry
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D-DAY
As the war progressed, prisoners of war appeared in Barry. They were mainly in camps on the Port Road. There were Germans, Italians and Mongol troops.
The Italians and later some Germans were allowed to work on the local farms. They were picked up by lorry and dropped off at the farms; some later acquired bicycles and were allowed to make their own way back and forth.
The Mongolian PoWs worked on the docks in Cardiff and were taken to work by lorry. (After the war they were sent back to Russia, where it was said they were all executed).
Preparations for D-Day led to the build up of troops in the are and equipment was stockpiled all around Barry
MORE AT LINK:
LINK