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More than 120,000 Americans were held prisoner by the enemy during World War II. In order to pass the time and to make life easier, POWs used the scarce resources available to design and build practical and artistic pieces.
Many soldiers were taken as Prisoners of War in WW2. Here is a list of POW related information, including Prisoner of War Camp and the Geneva Convention.
More than 170,000 British prisoners of war (POWs) were taken by German and Italian forces during the Second World War. Most were captured in a string of defeats in France, North Africa and the Balkans between 1940 and 1942.
Approximately 9,000 Canadian soldiers, sailors and aviators were captured during the Second World War which raged from 1939 to 1945. These prisoners of war (POWs) would be interned in camps behind enemy lines and faced great challenges before finally being liberated at the end of the conflict.
British and Commonwealth prisoners of war (POWs) held captive by German, Italian or Japanese forces in the Second World War. POWs from Allied countries taken prisoner in the Second World...
During World War II millions of persons were taken prisoner under widely varying circumstances and experienced treatment that ranged from excellent to barbaric.
More prisoners were taken during the Second World War than in any other conflict. Millions of soldiers, sailors and airmen – and also civilians – were held in captivity.
The Second World War was a cataclysmic event that affecting millions of lives across the globe, both on the battlefield and at home. While battles and famous personalities often dominate historical narratives about this conflict, it is easy to forget the plight of the millions of prisoners of war (POWs), particularly in Europe.
The Germans were hardly the genial hosts, whether you were a POW during World War I or World War II. There was severe punishment for escape attempts, there were meager rations and drafty bunkhouses, and there were irregular deliveries of packages from the Red Cross.
More than 30,000 Australian service personnel, civilians and their allies became prisoners of war (POWs) between 1940 and 1945. Australia also imprisoned its enemies during the Second World War.
