In 1915 the SMS Kronzprinz Wilhelm was interned by the then neutral United States. The sailors of this ship and the SMS Prinz Eitel Friedrich built their own village at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. When the United States entered the war in 1917 the Germans were sent to a prisoner of war camp in Georgia and the village was torn down to allow expansion of the shipyard.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Eitel Wilhelm
In 1915 the SMS Kronzprinz Wilhelm was interned by the then neutral United States. The sailors of this ship and the SMS Prinz Eitel Friedrich built their own village at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. When the United States entered the war in 1917 the Germans were sent to a prisoner of war camp in Georgia and the village was torn down to allow expansion of the shipyard.
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