Oflag XXI-B
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Oflag XXI-B and Stalag XXI-B were World War II German prisoner-of-war camps for officers and enlisted men, located at Szubin a few miles south of Bydgoszcz, in Pomorze, Poland, which at that time was occupied by Nazi Germany.
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- September 1940 - The camp was built around a Polish boys' school by adding barracks. Iniitially it was Stalag XXI-B to accommodate Polish soldiers captured during the Invasion of Poland (1939). These prisoners were used for the expansion of the camp.
- December 1940 - the camp was split and Polish officers, previously held together with enlisted men in other camps, were moved here and part of the camp was renumbered Oflag XXI-B
- June 1940 - the Polish officers were transferred to other camps. French and British Commonwealth officers were brought here from the Battle of France.
- June 1941 - flying crews of the Royal Air Force started arriving as they were captured after being shot down in the Battle of Crete, later in flights from North Africa and Great Britain. They included airman from Poland and Czechoslovakia.
- June 1943 - the Commonwealth flying personnel were transferred to Stalag Luft 3 Sagan, others to Oflag XXI-C Ostrzeszów. The camp was then re-numbered Oflag 64 for American officers only.
- The separate Stalag XXI-B stayed in Szubin until 1945.
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- Letters of J.D.Chew from Stalags XXI-A,B,D and VIII-B
- letters of Colin N. Dilly from Oflag XXI-B and Stalag Luft 3
- about attempted escape of Dudley Craig from Oflag XXI-B
