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  2. Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War - Wikipedia

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    The Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War was signed at Geneva, July 27, 1929. [1] [2] Its official name is the Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. It entered into force 19 June 1931. [3] It is this version of the Geneva Conventions which covered the treatment of prisoners of war during World War II.

  3. Prisoners of war in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Prisoners of war during World War II faced vastly different fates due to the POW conventions adhered to or ignored, depending on the theater of conflict, and the behaviour of their captors. During the war approximately 35 million soldiers surrendered, with many held in the prisoner-of-war camps .

  4. Geneva Conventions - Wikipedia

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    A facsimile of the signature-and-seals page of The 1864 Geneva Convention, which established humane rules of war. The original document in single pages, 1864 [1]. The Geneva Conventions are international humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal standards for humanitarian treatment in war.

  5. Protected persons - Wikipedia

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    They have rights to quarters, food, clothing, hygiene, medical attention, [35] property, [36] representation [37] and their badges of rank and nationality . Equal treatment – prisoners of war shall be treated without any discrimination on the basis of race, nationality, religion, opinions and similar criteria.

  6. Wednesday's letters: Remember sacrifice of POWs and MIAs - AOL

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    Many thousands of men and women are still unaccounted for from World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam. The U.S. has not stopped searching for them.

  7. Code of the United States Fighting Force - Wikipedia

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    Morale dropped and mutual assistance among the prisoners lessened. The failure of the POWs to care for their fellow prisoners resulted in a higher death rate and made the captives more amenable to accept the doctrine of their captors. [1] [2] One of the most elaborate propaganda efforts was the 1952 POW Olympics held in Pyuktong, North Korea ...

  8. Russia and Ukraine exchange POWs for the first time in ... - AOL

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    Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Friday, each sending back 75 POWs in the first such swap in the past three months, officials said. A few hours earlier and at the same location ...

  9. Third Geneva Convention - Wikipedia

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    Article 4 defines prisoners of war to include: 4.1.1 Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict and members of militias of such armed forces 4.1.2 Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps , including those of organised resistance movements , provided that they fulfill all of the following conditions: