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  2. List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United ...

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    Italian prisoners of war working on the Arizona Canal (December 1943) In the United States at the end of World War II, there were prisoner-of-war camps, including 175 Branch Camps serving 511 Area Camps containing over 425,000 prisoners of war (mostly German). The camps were located all over the US, but were mostly in the South, due to the higher expense of heating the barracks in colder areas ...

  3. Union Correctional Institution - Wikipedia

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    The East Unit became a separate institution in July 1972, renamed Florida State Prison. The original prison site became known as Union Correctional Institution. In 1983, a Corrections Officer was stabbed to death by two inmates. [6] A new Death Row was constructed in 1992, coinciding with the relocation of inmates from the State Prison next ...

  4. List of U.S. military prisons - Wikipedia

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    United States Army Corrections Command operated facilities [1]. United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas; Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas

  5. Florida State Prison - Wikipedia

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    Florida State Prison (FSP), otherwise known as Raiford Prison, is a correctional institution located in unincorporated Bradford County, Florida, [1] with a Raiford postal address. [2] It was formerly known as the "Florida State Prison-East Unit" as it was originally part of Florida State Prison near Raiford (now known as Union Correctional ...

  6. History of Florida - Wikipedia

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    In 1861, at the start of the war, the state had a population of roughly 140,000, with half of that being enslaved African Americans. [63] In spite of the state's relatively small population, Florida did send several units to fight up north, most notably the 1st Florida, the 8th Florida and the 3rd Florida Infantry Regiment. [64]

  7. List of convicted war criminals - Wikipedia

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    Mirko Norac (born 1967), Croatian Army general sentenced to 12 years in prison for various war crimes committed during the Croatian War of Independence. Slobodan Praljak (1945–2017), Bosnian Croat general sentenced to 20 years in prison by the ICC for war crimes committed against the Bosniak population. He committed suicide upon hearing of ...

  8. Galicia and World War II - Wikipedia

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    During the war, British sea power gave the Allied powers access to these countries, and denied them to the Axis powers. Germany had to seek sources in Europe. Spain and Portugal were the only producers, with Galicia accounting for almost 70% of Spanish reserves. This made it the focus of the Wolfram Crisis.

  9. District of Galicia - Wikipedia

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    Administrative division of the district. The District of Galicia (German: Distrikt Galizien, Polish: Dystrykt Galicja, Ukrainian: Дистрикт Галичина) was a World War II administrative unit of the General Government created by Nazi Germany on 1 August 1941 after the start of Operation Barbarossa, based loosely within the borders of the ancient Principality of Galicia and the more ...