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German Prisoners of War, Scarcely Guarded

Creator
Cobb, John Candler, II, 1919-2016
Creation Date
1943/03
Who
WWII driver
When
WWII
Where
North Africa
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Photo: John C. Cobb, courtesy AFS Archives, NY.

In this casually guarded prison camp, after the fall of Tunis, The German officers looked grim, but the young soldiers looked relieved. They had not yet been informed that Algiers had also fallen, that the whole African Campaign was really over.

Location: Tunisia.