by Mark Sternheimer, VAHS Board Member

The summer of 1943 was a busy time for the Allies in North Africa. German General Rommel had been defeated and a great many captured German and Italian airplanes and tanks were sent back from North Africa to be salvaged for basic metal. Along with the planes and tanks came many German and Italian prisoners. Richmond, Virginia was a staging area for both the material as well as the prisoners. Most of the German and Italian prisoners were shipped off to Ft. Lee for the balance of the war and the same ships that unloaded the prisoners also had many captured tanks and planes.

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