Prisoners of War
A prisoner of war (POW) is a non-combatant—whether a military member, an irregular military fighter, or a civilian—who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610.Belligerents hold prisoners of war in custody for a range of legitimate and illegitimate reasons, such as isolating them from the enemy combatants still in the field (releasing and repatriating them in an orderly manner after hostilities), demonstrating military victory, punishing them, prosecuting them for war crimes, exploiting them for their labour, recruiting or even …
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11 May 2022 English
Secret Files from World Wars to Cold War provides access to British government secret intelligence and foreign policy files from 1873 to 1953, with the majority of files dating from …
Japanese wartime strategy ● the plight of prisoners of war ● the threat of nuclear war ● Anglo-American …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 1 January 2017 English
As well as heralding a series of momentous changes within Soviet domestic politics and society, the death of Stalin on March 5, 1953 also brought forward important shifts of tone …
for the release of the last remaining German prisoners of war after ten years or more of captivity. Taken …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
A file of correspondence and reports concerning the leading personalities in Hungary in 1982. The report offers personality notes and career profiles on leading members of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' …
in Propaganda work directed at Hungarian prisoners of war. In the post-war period he was active in …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
squalid, stinking rabble of 2,000 Soviet prisoners of war, within the space of a few days, into a smart … squalid, stinking rabble of 2,000 Soviet I prisoners of war, within the space of a few days, into a I …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
people since 1917. "We are prisoners of war, not convicts. Prisoners of war are either shot or held in …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
A file containing documents relating to the Yalta victims' memorial in London. Subjects covered in the file include Parliamentary Questions on the subject; a mistake in the wording of the …
memorial to the Victims of , Yalta — those prisoners of war and civilians forcibly repatriated to the …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
war dead buried in the GDR, most of them prisoners of war who died in captivity between 1914 and 1918 …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 French
A file containing documents concerning relations between NATO member states. Subjects covered in the file include a lack of progress in relations between East and West Germany; public disillusion in …
release r-nd repatriate the remaining Argentine prisoners of war in the light of positive indications that …
