What colour uniform would the German guards have worn? Anyone know?
2007-10-03 03:15:04 · 11 answers · asked by crosbie 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Feild Grey standard issue Uniforms of the Luftwaffe and Replacement Army, depending on the gaurd at the time.
Feild grey is a very muddy green grey mixture.
The SS where never involved inside of Colditz only outside.
2007-10-04 02:49:44 · answer #1 · answered by Kevan M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The standard Germany Army uniform was "field grey".
The Colditz Story (1955) The Colditz Story on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... ... Anthony Faramus ... British officer. John G. Heller ... German guard (as John Heller) ...
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Colditz Castle : Oflag IVC : Glider : Der Flieger Several books have been written about Colditz, including one by the head of the German guards, Hauptmann Eggers. Many of the men imprisoned at Colditz are ...
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A group of prisoners at Colditz [the inventive Brits] managed to build a glider which was kept in the loft area of part of the castle of Colditz. The glider was not actually used because the castle was liberated by [I think] the Americans a couple of days before it was due to fly.
A replica of the glider was built here in UK a few years ago and some of the former POWs from Colditz turned up to see it fly - and it did, by being towed into the air behind a jeep. Brilliant.
Try this link for the Coldiz glider test flight [replica].
"The Birdmen"A replica of the original makes successful test flight! The Colditz Castle Web Page · Link to a great site detailing the home of the original glider ...
http://www.angelfire.com/wa/birdmen
2007-10-04 20:58:44 · answer #2 · answered by Dragoner 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Colditz was a Luftwaffe prisoner camp thus the very senior officers wore Luftwaffe blue/grey uniforms, the main guard staff wore field grey and the special interrogation staff, run by the SS, wore their black uniform. There were only a handful of SS involved in Colditz. Dougie Bader, often related how he used to 'bait' them by hiding 'contraband' in his hollow legs, or not and as they searched him the other prisoners got the stuff in anyway.
2007-10-04 03:38:55 · answer #3 · answered by outremerknight 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seeing as that was a POW camp, the best guess would be typical German gray uniforms. Even the SS wore gray uniforms for standard wear. I am not sure what branch of German troops guarded the place - Wehrmarcht, Luftwaffe, etc.
An SS dress uniform would have been black while a Werhmacht dress uniform would still be a gray color.
2007-10-03 03:26:14 · answer #4 · answered by UncleThadd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Field Grey
2007-10-03 04:30:45 · answer #5 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feld-grey The Luftwaffe wore a blue grey, the Navy wore Navy and the Army wore a green-grey.
2007-10-03 03:44:21 · answer #6 · answered by quette2@btopenworld.com 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Grey, the camp was run by the Luftwaffe to guard allied aircraft crew pow's
2007-10-05 06:13:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grey , Khaki. and a drab green whichever part of the service they were in
2007-10-03 03:24:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
blue grey
2007-10-05 05:51:07 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
grey
2007-10-03 05:25:17 · answer #10 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋