Camp Papago Park (Phoenix, Arizona)
USA /
Arizona /
Paradise Valley /
Phoenix, Arizona
World
/ USA
/ Arizona
/ Paradise Valley
World / United States / Arizona
Second World War 1939-1945, prisoner-of-war camp, interesting place, historical layer / disappeared object
Used to house German POWs during WWII. It was the site of the largest Axis prisoner-of-war escape from an American facility in WWII, known as the Great Papago Escape.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Papago_Park
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 33°28'9"N 111°56'38"W
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- Camp Howze WW2 POW Camp 1368 km
- WWII POW camp 2022 km
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- Stobs Military Camp 8086 km
- Dunham Massey American Army & German POW Camp (WWII) 8234 km
- World War II Prisoner of War Camp, Stalag IV-B (Mühlberg)/Soviet Special Camp NKWD-1 9177 km
- Stalag Luft III (The camp of The Great Escape) 9260 km
- New Al Hawl Refugee Camp 11773 km
- Hy-View 0.6 km
- McDowell Buttes 1 km
- Papago Military Reservation 1.2 km
- Papago Park 1.4 km
- Arizona Country Club 2.1 km
- Downtown Scottsdale 3.2 km
- Arcadia 4.2 km
- The Phoenician, a Luxury Collection Resort 4.3 km
- Camelback East Village 6.4 km
- Paradise Valley 22 km