OBJECTIVE

Thousands of US and British troups are being held in the Stalag. Your mission is to liberate then as quickly as possible, The Germans have cut the food ration down to 800 calories per man. The prisoners are so weak they fall down while attempting to get out of bed. Speed is necessary to save as many of them as possible.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

LOCATION Stalag Luft 1 was situated at Barth, Germany, a small town on the Baltic Sea 23 kilometers northwest of Stralsund. STRENGTH Stalag Luft I was opened in Oct. 1942 as a British camp but when the Red Cross visited the camp in Feb. 1943, two American noncom officers had already arrived. By Jan. 1944, 507 American Air-Force officers were detained there. The strength of the camp grew rapidly from this date, until April 1944 when the Red Cross reported 3,463 inmates. New compounds were opened and quickly filled. Nearly 6000 PWs were crowded into the camp in Sept. 1944, and at the time of the liberation of the camp 7717 Americans and 1,427 Britons were returned to military control