Virginia POW Camps in World War II

By Dr. Kathryn Roe Coker Jason Wetzel, Jason Wetzel, Dr. Kathryn Roe Coker

"During World War II, Virginians watched as German and Italian prisoners invaded the Old Dominion. At least seventeen thousand Germans and countless Italians lived in more than twenty camps across the state and worked on five military installations. Farmers hired POWs to pick apples. Fertilizer companies, lumberyards and hospitals hired them. At first a phenomenon of war in Virginia's backyard, these former enemy combatants became familiar to many--often developing a rapport with their employers. Historians Kathryn Coker and Jason Wetzel take you on a tour of the camps, the daily lives of the POWs and the enduring effect they had on the Mother of States." -- Page 4 of cover.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146714441X
• ISBN13: 9781467144414
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.6"