The Largest Axis POW Escape on American Soil: The Great Papago Escape (1944)
Nearby Phoenix, Arizona, lies what once was Camp Papago Park. Nearing the end of the Second World War, a bit over 3000 German Prisoners of War were housed there. Although Camp Papago Park's location was relatively isolated, in late 1944 it became the scene of the largest Axis POW breakout on U.S. soil: the Great Papago Escape. Consider supporting HoH: ►Patreon: / houseofhistory ►Become a channel member: / @hoh ►Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/HouseofHistory Check out House of History: the Podcast ►iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/ho... ►Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/71f9cyl... Socials: ►Check out my blog: https://www.houseofhistory.co ►My Twitter: / oscar_hoh My videos tend to get arbitrarily demonetized. That is why I decided to open up a Patreon where people can support the channel. If you decide to pledge as little as 1$/month you will gain access to a monthly series exclusive to my Patrons! Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:40 Preparing the Escape 6:47 The Manhunt 10:18 The Captain Watch my documentary series: ►History of Prussia playlist: • History of Prussia ►End of Empire - Downfall of the Qing Dynasty playlist: • End of Empire - China's Last Emperor ►World War 2 playlist: • World War 2 ►Hitler's Spies playlist: • Hitler's Spies The content of this video covers events, people or concepts via a lecture-style presentation that is educational and historical in nature. Every video is original content by House of History. The events relating to conflict in this video are portrayed in their historical context without either value judgment or an ideological message attached to it. There is no intent to shock, upset or disgust. The goal of my channel is to make interesting lecture-style videos, no more, no less. Thank you for taking the time to check out House of History, I hope you will find the films informative, interesting and enjoyable! If you have any feedback, questions or criticism feel free to leave a comment. Your opinion truly aids me in improving the content of the channel! If you have a question, feel free to leave a comment and I will either write a reply, answer your question in a Q&A video, or make an entire video about it! Sources: Harvey, Miles, 2000, The Island of Lost Maps. Page 154. Hoza, Steve. PW: First-Person Accounts of German Prisoners of War in Arizona. E6B Publications, 2002. https://eu.azcentral.com/story/travel... https://uboat.net/men/wattenberg.htm https://www.warhistoryonline.com/worl... San Bernardino Newspapers, December 1944. Written by House of History Photos, paintings and imagery: Public Domain, Wikicommons #HouseofHistory #History
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