_117 Goons "POWs called the guards \u201cGoons\u201d a slang word meaning silly or stupid people, they would often play tricks on the guards to try and annoy and distract them, this was called \u201cGoon Baiting\u201d.\r\n\r\nEscapes were not common, with most prisoners deciding that a bid for freedom was not worth the risk of execution, but some tried, and some were successful. To prevent escapes the German\u2019s had a lot of soldiers guarding the prisoners. By 1943 over 400,000 German soldiers were directly involved in supervising POWs in camps across the German state." eulac3d Image IMAGE "POWs called the guards \u201cGoons\u201d a slang word meaning silly or stupid people, they would often play tricks on the guards to try and annoy and distract them, this was called \u201cGoon Baiting\u201d.\r\n\r\nEscapes were not common, with most prisoners deciding that a bid for freedom was not worth the risk of execution, but some tried, and some were successful. To prevent escapes the German\u2019s had a lot of soldiers guarding the prisoners. By 1943 over 400,000 German soldiers were directly involved in supervising POWs in camps across the German state."