07-22-2009, 03:41 AM
Probably quite a few of you are knowledgeable about the German military in WWII, so I pose this question to you:
If a Soviet pilot was captured by the Army or SS ikn Ukraine, would they have been shipped off to a Stalag administered by the Luftwaffe for Allied air crews? I know that in most cases, American aircrew POWs usually ended up in Stalags although I reccall a History Channel episode where some were interned at a death camp. One prisoner spotted a visiting Lufwaffe officer and told him of the situation, and the aircrews were transferred out to a Stalag.
I know the Soviets were not signatories to the Geneva Convention, so the Germans treated them with cruelty.
Just tapping this forum for knowledge. Thank you!
If a Soviet pilot was captured by the Army or SS ikn Ukraine, would they have been shipped off to a Stalag administered by the Luftwaffe for Allied air crews? I know that in most cases, American aircrew POWs usually ended up in Stalags although I reccall a History Channel episode where some were interned at a death camp. One prisoner spotted a visiting Lufwaffe officer and told him of the situation, and the aircrews were transferred out to a Stalag.
I know the Soviets were not signatories to the Geneva Convention, so the Germans treated them with cruelty.
Just tapping this forum for knowledge. Thank you!
