Buildings and Structures in Troms - Skorpa Prisoner of War Camp, Adolf Gun, Alfheim Stadion, Halogaland Teater (Paperback)

Chapters: Skorpa Prisoner of War Camp, Adolf Gun, Alfheim Stadion, Halogaland Teater, University Hospital of North Norway, Trondenes Church, Mack Bryggeri, Arctic Cathedral, Tromsdalen Stadion, Trondenes Historical Center, Rorbua. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Skorpa prisoner of war camp was a camp built by the Norwegian 6th Division to hold German prisoners-of-war during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign of the Second World War. Skorpa was the main PoW camp in Northern Norway and held around 500 civilian and military prisoners when it was shut down at the end of the Norwegian Campaign. The island of Skorpa in Troms. With the outbreak of war between Norway and Nazi Germany following the German invasion of Norway increasing numbers of German prisoners fell into Norwegian hands in the fighting that followed. While many of these were soon liberated by the advancing German forces, the situation for those captured in Northern Norway was different. The Germans fighting at Narvik were on the defensive against superior Norwegian and Allied forces and any prisoners taken were sent behind Allied lines, outside the reach of the Wehrmacht. After having first detained the German prisoners at various locations around the region the decision was made by the Norwegian 6th Division command to establish a central prisoner of war camp at the small and isolated island of Skorpa in Kvaenangen, Troms county. Access to the island was by boat. When the first prisoners were sent to the camp they had to live in tents designed for 16 occupants each. By May the construction of wooden barracks had begun, with the prisoners providing the labour force under the guidance of civilian Norwegian craftsmen. Around 100 prisoners were at any time taking part in construction work, much...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=254452