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A campaign launched in 1944 to encourage prisoner-taking was partially successful, and the number of prisoners taken increased significantly in the last year of the war. Japanese POWs often believed that by surrendering they had broken all ties with Japan, and many provided military intelligence to the Allies.
In the context of crimes against POWs, an important trial was that of Lieutenant General Tamura Hiroshi, [16] the last (and the only alive at that time) director of the Prisoner of War Information Bureau (POWIB) and Prisoner of War Information Management Office, the Japanese government agency charged with providing information on POWs and ...
This is a list of famous prisoners of war (POWs) whose imprisonment attracted media attention, or who became well known afterwards. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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 ...
The Tokyo Charter defines war crimes as "violations of the laws or customs of war," [22] which involves acts using prohibited weapons, violating battlefield norms while engaging in combat with the enemy combatants, or against protected persons, [23] including enemy civilians and citizens and property of neutral states as in the case of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Pages in category "Prisoners of war by conflict" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Prisoners of war" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Oryoku Maru in World War II. A hell ship is a ship with extremely inhumane living conditions or with a reputation for cruelty among the crew. It now generally refers to the ships used by the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army to transport Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and rÅmusha (Asian forced slave laborers) out of the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Hong Kong, and ...