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   How many Americans were held prisoner during WW2?

   • 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. At the end of the war, more than 12,000 American POWs were scattered in camps across the Pacific in desperate shape.

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   How many British prisoners of war were captured in WW2?

   • 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. They were held in a network of POW camps stretching from Nazi-occupied Poland to Italy.

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   Who is a prisoner of war?

   • prisoner of war (POW), any person captured or interned by a belligerent power during war. In the strictest sense it is applied only to members of regularly organized armed forces, but by broader definition it has also included guerrillas, civilians who take up arms against an enemy openly, or noncombatants associated with a military force.

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   How many American prisoners of war were held by Japan?

   • Summary Of the approximately 130,000 American prisoners of war (POWs) in World War II (WWII), 27,000 or more were held by Japan. Of the approximately 19,000 American civilian internees held in WWII, close to 14,000 were captured and interned by Japan.

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   Learn about the experiences of American and other Allied POWs in World War II, from capture to liberation, resistance, and survival. Explore articles, events, profiles, and more on this topic.

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   Sep 15, 2009 · Learn how World War II prisoners of war from Germany were detained and worked in rural areas across the United States. See how they interacted with local people, their living conditions, and their repatriation after the war.

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   Apr 29, 2024 · Learn about the evolution of the status and treatment of prisoners of war from ancient times to World War II. Explore the international conventions, the examples of different countries, and the controversies and challenges of this legal issue.

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   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.

6. www.loc.gov › prisoners-of-war › pows-in-germanyPOWs in Germany | Prisoners of War | Diverse Experiences in ...

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   Listen to personal narratives of World War II prisoners of war who were captured by the Germans. Learn about their experiences, challenges, and stories of survival and liberation.

7. www.history.navy.mil › research › libraryUS Prisoners of War and Civilian American Citizens Captured

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   A report on the compensation issue for U.S. prisoners of war and civilian internees captured and interned by Japan in WWII. It covers the numbers, the war claims process, the peace treaties, the survival rates, the forced labor, and the legal efforts.

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   Roughly 94,000 Americans were held as prisoners of war in the European Theater and 7,717 of them spent time in Stalag Luft I on the Baltic sea in the German city of Barth, 105 miles northwest of Berlin. The American POWs referred to it, somewhat ironically, as “Beautiful Barth on the Baltic.”