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The number of Japanese soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen who surrendered was limited by the Japanese military indoctrinating its personnel to fight to the death, Allied combat personnel often being unwilling to take prisoners, [3] and many Japanese soldiers believing that those who surrendered would be killed by their captors. [4] [5]
Conditions in Japanese POW camps were harsh; prisoners were forced to work, beaten for minor infractions, starved and denied medical treatment. [2] Those who attempted to escape and were captured were executed or tortured (often by Kempeitai, the Japanese military secret police).
This is an incomplete list of Japanese-run military prisoner-of-war and civilian internment and concentration camps during World War II. Some of these camps were for prisoners of war (POW) only. Some also held a mixture of POWs and civilian internees, while others held solely civilian internees.
The Japanese took approximately 70,000 prisoners: 60,000 Filipinos and 9,000 Americans. The prisoners were forced to undertake the Bataan Death March of approximately 145 kilometres (90 mi) to arrive at Camp O'Donnell. Many soldiers died during the march and the survivors arrived at the camp in extremely poor condition. [5]
Pages in category "World War II prisoners of war held by Japan" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 366 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
[1]: 182 Early in the war British also captured "many thousands" of Italian colonial troops; who were quickly released after being assessed as having little military value. [1]: 14 Japanese POWs: 35,000-50,000 held by the Western Allies; [27]: 61 560,000 to 760,000 were held by the USSR after Japan surrendered [28]
The concept of "Japanese Surrendered Personnel" (JSP) was developed by the government of Japan in 1945 after the end of World War II in Asia. [1] It stipulated that Japanese prisoners of war in Allied custody would be designated as JSP, since being a prisoner was largely incompatible with the Empire of Japan's military manuals and militaristic social norms; all JSP were not subject to the ...
Oryoku burning after attack on 15 December 1944 about 11 AM. Photo by a Hellcat from USS Hornet shows POWs swimming in the water. Oryoku burning on 15 December 1944.. Oryoku Maru left Manila on December 13, 1944, with 1,620 prisoners of war (including 1,556 American, 50 British and Dutch, 7 Czech, 4 Norwegians and several other nationalities) packed in the holds, and 1,900 Japanese civilians ...