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The British historian Edwyn Morris in his 2008 essay "The Repatriation of the Cossacks from Austria in 1945" argued that for Churchill a major concern in 1945 was securing the return of all the British POWs in German POW camps who had fallen into Soviet hands as the Red Army advanced into Germany in 1944-45 and British policies on repatriation ...
Operation Exodus was the code name for the airborne repatriation of British ex-prisoners of war from Europe, that took place from April to May 1945, in the closing stages of the Second World War. [1] By 1 June approximately, 3,500 flights had brought 75,000 men back to the UK in modified Lancaster bombers. [2]
Thresholds of Peace — German Prisoners and the People of Britain 1944-1948. London: Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 978-0-241-89862-8. Wolff, Helmut (1974). Die deutschen Kriegsgefangenen in britischer Hand — ein Überblick [The German Prisoners of War in British Hands – An Overview] (in German). The Scientific Commission for the History of German ...
Nichol and Rennell, after detailed enquiries with the British authorities, concluded that no consolidated figures for deaths of British and Commonwealth POWs was kept. They are only able to put forward a "guess" of between 2,500 and 3,500 American, British and Commonwealth POW deaths on the marches.
Operation Keelhaul was a forced repatriation of Soviet citizens and members of the Soviet Army in the West to the Soviet Union (although it often included former soldiers of the Russian Empire or Russian Republic, who did not have Soviet citizenship) after World War II. While forced repatriation focused on Soviet Armed Forces POWs of Germany ...
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 .
The first British prisoners were released and reached Calais on 15 November. ... It is likely that he was the last prisoner of war from World War II to be repatriated.
The release process began on schedule, about six weeks after V-E Day. [8] Decommissioned soldiers received a one-time grant of £83 each, [9] the promise of a right to return to their old jobs, and a set of civilian clothing, which included the so-called "demob suit", shirts, underclothes, raincoats, hat, and shoes. [3]