Le Marchant Barracks
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Le Marchant Barracks is a former military installation in Devizes, Wiltshire, England. The site is within the town's built-up area but within Bishops Cannings parish, on London Road about 1 mile north
Le Marchant Barracks
Devizes Plot
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The Devizes plot was a failed escape plan for 7,000 German prisoners of war held at Le Marchant Barracks in Devizes. It was scheduled to take place at Christmas 1944, in the belief that there would be
Le Marchant Barracks
…of the site was a prisoner of war camp, which by the end of that year housed 7,500 German and Italian personnel. In December 1944, it was where the "Devizes Plot" was hatched: this was an attempt at staging a mass escape of PoWs to attack London, stalling the Allied invasion of Germany and turning the tide of…
Le Marchant Barracks, where the prisoners were held
The remains of RAF Yatesbury
Nissen huts at Cultybraggan Camp
Pentonville Prison