Italian prisoners of war in Australia

Italian prisoners of war in Australia were Italian soldiers captured by the British and Allied Forces in World War II and taken to Australia.

On 10 June 1940, Italy entered the Second World War at the side of Germany. During the course of the War, Great Britain and their allies captured in Ethiopia and North Africa approximately 400,000 Italian troops, who were sent to POW camps all over the world, including Australia.

Between 1941 and 1945, Australia received custody of 18,420 Italian POWs. Then, after Italy signed an armistice with the Allies in September 1943, the Australian authorities took between 13,000 and 15,000 Italian prisoners out of the POW camps and put them to work.[1]

One brand of red wine currently produced in Australia is called "Rabbit & Spaghetti", this being the customary diet of Italian PoWs in Australia.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Italian POWs in Australia: About this blog". italianpow.info. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  2. ↑ Internet images


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