Prisoner of war (PoW) camps in Italy, which held prisoners captured by the Italians, and from which many of the escapes occurred.
POW CAMPS IN ITALY
| Designation | Name (alternative names, locations) | Camp intended mainly for |
| PG 5 | FORTE DI GAVI (Alessandria, near Genoa) | Officers |
| PG 10 | ACQUAPENDENTE (Serravalle, Viterbo) | Officers |
| PG 12 | VINCIGLIATA/CANDELI (Firenze) | Officers |
| PG 17 | REZZANELLO (Piacenza) | Officers |
| PG 19 | BOLOGNA (Caserma Funz. ‘Due Madonne’) | Officers |
| PG 21 | CHIETI | Officers |
| PG 23 | VESTONE (Brescia) | Officers |
| PG 26 | CORTEMAGGIORE (Piacenza) | Officers |
| PG 27 | SAN ROMANO (Pisa) | Officers |
| PG 29 | VEANO (Piacenza) | Officers |
| PG 32 | BOGLIACO (Brescia) | Officers |
| PG 35 | CERTOSA DI PADULA (Salerno) | NS |
| PG 38 | POPPI (Villa Ascensione, nr Arezzo) | Officers |
| PG 41 | MONTALBO | NS |
| PG 43 | GARESSIO | Officers |
| PG 47 | MODENA | Officers |
| PG 49 | FONTANELLATO | Officers |
| PG 50 | CASERNA GENOVA CAVELLERIA (Rome) | Storage centre |
| PG 51 | ALTAMURA (Villa Serena, Bari) | Transit |
| PG 52 | PIAN DI COREGLIA (Chiabari) | Junior Off. & Other Ranks |
| PG 53 | URBISAGLIA (Macerata/Sforzacosta) | Junior Off. & Other Ranks |
| PG 54 | PASSO CORESE (Fara in Sabina, near Rome) | Junior Off. & Other Ranks |
| PG 55 | BUSSETO (Piacenza) | Work |
| PG 57 | GRUPPIGNANO (Near Udine) | Junior Off. & Other Ranks |
| PG 59 | SERVIGLIANO (Ascoli Piceno) | Junior Off. & Other Ranks |
| PG 60 | COLLE COMPITE (Lucca) | Junior Off. & Other Ranks |
| PG 62 | GRUMELLO DEL PIANO (Near Bergamo) | Junior Off. & Other Ranks |
| PG 63 | MARINARO (Near Aversa) | Junior Off. & Other Ranks |
| PG 64 | COLFIORITO | |
| PG 65 | GRAVINA ALTAMURA (Bari) | NS |
| PG 66 | CAPUA | Contumacy & Transit |
| PG 68 | VETRALLA (Viterbo) | NS |
| PG 70 | MONTURANO (Near Fermo) | Junior Off. & Other Ranks |
| PG 71 | AVERSA (Napoli) | Officers |
| PG 73 | CARPI (near Modena) | Junior Off. & Other Ranks |
| PG 75 | TORRE TRESCA (Bari) | Transit & work camp |
| PG 77 | PISSIGNANO (Foligno) | Tent camp |
| PG 78 | SULMONA | Officers, OR, Transit |
| PG 78/1 | AQUAFREDDA | Work |
| PG 80 | VILLA MARINA (near Rome) | Junior Off. & Other Ranks |
| PG 82 | LATERINA (near Arezzo) | Junior Off. & Other Ranks |
| PG 83 | FIUME | Contumacy & Transit |
| PG 85 | TUTURANO (Brindisi) | Transit |
| PG 87 | CARDONCELLI (Benevento, Stalia) | Junior Off. & Other Ranks |
| PG 88 | PALAZZOLO DELLO STELLA | Other |
| PG 89 | GONARS (Udine) | |
| PG 91 | AVEZZANO | Junior Off. & Other Ranks |
| PG 93 | CASTEL RATMONDO (Macerata) | Other |
| PG 95 | CAIRO MONTENOTTE | Other |
| PG 97 | RENICCI DI ANGHIARI (Arezzo) | Other |
| PG 98 | SAN GIUSEPPE JATO (Sicily) | Other |
| PG 102 | L’AQUILA | Work & Transit |
| PG 103 | MONIGO (Treviso) | Work |
| PG 103/6 | AMPEZZO (Udine) | Work |
| PG 103/7 | LA MAINA (near Ampezzo) | Work |
| PG 106 | VERCELLI | Work |
| PG 106/20 | ARRO (Salussola) | NS |
| PG 107 | TORVISCOSA (Udine) | Work |
| PG 107/2 | PRATI (Udine) | Work |
| PG 107/4 | SAN DONA DI PIAVE (Udine) | Work |
| PG 107/5 | TORRE DI CONFINE (Udine) | Work |
| PG 107/7 | LA SALUTE DI LIVENZA (Udine) | Work |
| PG 108 | PRATICA DI MARE | Work |
| PG 110 | CARBONIA/S. GAVINO (Sardinia) | Work |
| PG 112 | TORINO | Work |
| PG 113 | AVIO (Trento) | Work |
| PG 115 | CONTIERE ORLANDO E MORGNANO (Marciano) | Work |
| PG 118 | PRATO ISARCO | Work |
| PG 120 | CHIESANUOVA (info on PG 120 supplied by Emanuele Martino from Zamboni: Sette Uomini sotto le Stelle) | Work |
| PG 120/1 | SAONARA | Work |
| PG 120/2 | ABANO (company Fratelli Sgaravatti) | Work |
| PG 120/4 | DI VIGODARZERE (C.R.A. vehicle demolition) | Work |
| PG 120/5 | DI ABANO | Work |
| P.G. 120/6 | DI S. FIDENZIO (company Cav. Angelo Stevanin) | Work |
| P.G. 120/7 | DI BAGNOLO DI SOPRA (company Avas) | Work |
| PG 120/8 | FOGOLANA | Work |
| P.G. 120/9 | DI CORREZZOLA (company Toffano Marcello) | Work |
| P.120/10 | DI CHIOGGIA SANT’ANNA (S.A. Tenuta Valgrande) | Work |
| P.G.120/14 | Company Marchese Rovelli | Work |
| P.G. 120/15 | DI MESTRINO | Work |
| P.G.120/17 | DI RIO DI PONTE A. NICOLÒ (S.A. Alba Immobililiare) | Work |
| P.G.120/18 | DI PONTE S. NICOLÒ | Work |
| P.G.120/19 | MIRA | Work |
| PG 122 | CINECITTA (Rome) | Work |
| PG 127 | LOCANA CANAVESE (Aosta) | Work |
| PG 129 | MONTELUPONE (Macerata) | NS |
| PG 132 | FOGGIA | Work |
| PG 133 | NOVARA (Montelupone) | Work |
| PG 136 | BOLOGNA | Work |
| PG 145 | MONTORIO AL VOMANO (Teramo) | Work |
| PG 146 | MORTARA | Work |
| PG 148 | POL DI PASTRENGO (Verona, Bussalengo) | Work |
| 201 | BERGAMO | Hospital |
| 202 | LUCCA | Hospital |
| 203 | BOLOGNA/CASTEL S. PIETRO | Hospital |
| 204 | ALTAMURA | Hospital |
| 206 | NOCERA (Rovello) | Hospital |
| 207 | MILANO | Hospital |
| PG 339 | PISA | |
| PG 454 | BRINDISI | |
| No Camp numbers | ||
| COLFIORITO (Foligno) | Other | |
| VISCO | Other | |
| MONIGO (Treviso) | Other | |
| PIETRAFITTA (Perugia) | Work | |
| RUSCIO (Spoleto) | Work | |
| LABICO | Other | |
| VASCIAGO | Other | |
| GATTINARA | Other |
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