Chaos in Captivity: Why Most Allied Regs Would Have Preferred German PoW Camps Over Italian

Stories of Allied prisoners of war in Germany, or in Japanese camps in South East Asia, are well told and have been the subjects of countless books, movies, and TV shows over the years. But for the many thousands of POWs held in Italian camps, often brutalised by their fascist guards, their stories are almost forgotten.

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
2:20 The Italian Prisoner of War Network
4:46 What Made Italian POW Camps so Formidable to the Allies?
6:54 Overcrowding
8:48 Lack of Infrastructure
9:55 Disorganisation
11:31 Neglect
12:39 Brutality
17:25 The Tragedy of War