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List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the Soviet Union; List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United Kingdom; List of World War II prisoner-of-war ...
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 ...
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington – US Marine Corps Fighter Ace during WWII, Medal of Honor recipient; Fernand Braudel – historian, was a POW in WWII; Frank Buckles – the last surviving American veteran of WWI, was a civilian during WWII when imprisoned by the Japanese; Roger Bushell – South African-born RAF Squadron Leader. Masterminded the ...
POW escapes and rescues during World War II (1 C, 24 P) Pages in category "World War II prisoners of war" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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 .
This is an incomplete list of Prisoner of War (POW) Camps located in the United Kingdom during World War II. [1]German POWs in England were graded as follows: "Grade A (white) were considered anti-Nazi; Grade B (grey) had less clear feelings and were considered not as reliable as the 'whites'; Grade C (black) had probable Nazi leanings; Grade C+ (also Black) were deemed ardent Nazis."