Hand mirror made by inmates of Island Farm POW camp, near Bridgend.

In 1943, Island Farm Camp was used by American troops preparing for the D-Day landings, and eventually housed 2,000 German prisoners by the end of the Second World War. The biggest escape attempt made by German prisoners of war during the conflict took place at Island Farm when 67 high-ranking Nazis tunnelled to freedom from Hut 9 on 11 March 1945.