Oflag VI-B Dössel (Doessel) was a World War II German POW camp for officers located 5 km (3 miles) SW of the small town Dössel (now part of Warburg) in north-western Germany.
In 1940 the camp was built on what had been originally intended to be an airfield. At first French and British officers were housed in the camp.
In August 1942 the camp was the scene of the "Warburg Wire Job", a mass escape by 41 prisoners who got over the fence on makeshift...
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