1980’s however was a strange time for both sides and NATO and USSR were losing allies left and right and neither side wanted to engage in conflict so both sides tried to downsize their military while also trying to scare the other side.
Camp that held Rommel's men surrenders its secrets
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It was the only prison run by the Allies in the Second World War not to have any fences or barbed wire.
http://news.scotsman.com/world/Camp-that-held-Rommel39s-men.6825279.jp?articlepage=1
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I suppose that if you’re a POW, there are worse places to be held than that camp. I wonder if any of these men stayed in Canada after the war, if that option was available.