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Harperley Camp (WW2 POW camp)

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Harperley Camp (WW2 POW camp) is shown as a heritage attraction on the public map of County Durham. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Harperley Camp was a World War II Prisoner of War camp used to hold Italian and German prisoners. It is historically significant as one of several such camps in the UK that reflected the country's strategy for managing enemy forces during the war.

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