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French prisoners of war (6 C, ... 3 P) French casualties of World War II (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "French war casualties"
French prisoners of war being marched away from the front, May 1940. Although no precise estimates exist, the number of French soldiers captured by Nazi Germany during the Battle of France between May and June 1940 is generally recognised around 1.8 million, equivalent to around 10 percent of the total adult male population of France at the time.
The Chasselay massacre was the mass killing of French prisoners of war by German Army and Waffen-SS soldiers during the Battle of France in World War II.After capturing non-white French POWs during the capture of Lyon on 19 June 1940, German troops took approximately 50 black soldiers to a field near Chasselay, and used two tanks to murder them.
Several British prisoners were able to escape, while a few others, like Fahey, were left for dead. [5] Captain Lynn-Allen died while trying to escape, although he enabled Private Bert Evans to escape; Evans was the last survivor of the massacre. [6] [7] A total of 80 men were killed.
February 14, 1918 – French fighter pilot Roland Garros escaped to rejoin the French army after several attempts. July 23/24, 1918 – Holzminden officers' prisoner-of-war camp. Ten of 29 British officers made their way to freedom, making this "the most successful escape from a German prison camp during the First World War". [8]
French civilians killed in World War II (100 P) M. French military personnel killed in World War II (3 C, 70 P) Pages in category "French casualties of World War II"
Werner Drechsler – killed by fellow German POWs during WWII for informing on other prisoners; Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop – Australian surgeon and legend among prisoners of the Thai Burma Railway in WWII; Clive Dunn – British Dad's Army actor, captured following the Battle of Greece in 1941 and held in German captivity until the end of WWII
World War II prisoners of war held by France (2 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Prisoners of war held by France" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.