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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 ...
1 Allied prisoner-of-war camps during World War II. 2 Axis prisoner-of-war camps during World War II. Toggle the table of contents. Lists of World War II prisoner-of ...
Major POW camps across the United States as of June 1944 Entrance to Camp Swift in Texas, August 1944. Members of the German military were interned as prisoners of war in the United States during World War I and World War II. In all, 425,000 German prisoners lived in 700 camps throughout the United States during World War II.
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 .
Pages in category "World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United States" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total.
During World War II, Franz von Werra escaped from Canada and rejoined the Luftwaffe, while a few others escaped from American camps, but remained in the United States.) September 2 and 12, 1918 – John Owen Donaldson and another prisoner escaped, but were recaptured. The pair were joined by three others for a second try a few days later.
US Prisoner of War populations [1]; Month Total POWs German Italian Japanese May 1942: 32: 31-1 June 1942: 33: 32-1 July 1942: 49: 39-10 August 1942: 65: 55-10 September 1942
[6] [10] The camp had first been used as an American Department of Agriculture station and then a training camp for the Filipino army. [11] When the Japanese invaded the Philippines, they used the camp to house American POWs. It was one of three camps in the Cabanatuan area and was designated for holding sick detainees.