PoW camps

[Viktoria]

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There was one for Italians near where I was brought up in Lancashire. They were put to work on farms in the area and quite a few decided to stay after the war and married locally. A boy I was at school with was the son of one of the POWs.

Same situation in East Riding of Yorkshire.  The Italian POWs were given the opportunity to work on the local farms.

i think everyone knew that the Italians didn't want to fight for Mussolini.

“there was a story going around when I was young that around ten thousand Italian soldiers surrendered to a couple of British soldiers.

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Another saying:-
Italian Soldiers made sure the crease in the back of their Uniform trousers was a pristine knife edge,as that view was the most often seen!
Not true I am sure ,I was told that by an Italian, he thought it quite funny.
Viktoria.