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Originally Posted by Harry Ree  I think this happened only after the Dieppe raid with German accusation that German POWs had been been handcuffed.German retaliation was to handcuff Canadian POWs held in Germany during the day.I do remember reading that the POWs extended the task of handcuffing and de-handcuffing which was a lengthy task for the German guards so much so that it was quickly dropped.Apparently some of the POWs found that they could slip the handcuffs and to extend the guard's boring task,rejoined the queue to be handcuffed again and again.
I cannot reference the source but when I do, I will revisit this post. |
I usee to attend language classes (Welsh) with a survivor of the Dieppe raid who was a POW and he recalled this happening, apparently a method of undoing the handcuffs was discovered so the POWs did in fact go from being cuffed to the back of the queue and presenting themselves for re-cuffing.