from Stalag Luft IV at Gross Tychow in Pomerania the prisoners faced an 800 km (500 mi) trek in blizzard conditions across Germany, during which hundreds died, and; a march from Stalag VIII-B, known as the "Lamsdorf Death March",[2] which was similar to the better-known Bataan Death March (1942) in terms of mortality rates.[3] from Stalag Luft III in Silesia to Bavaria