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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610.

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related to Further reading · 148
Prisoner of war → Account, Allemagne, America, America's Captives, America's Treatment, American, American Military Conflicts, American POWs, American Soldiers, Andrew, Argues, Armed Services, Arnold, B-17 Navigator Shot Down, Bamboo Screen, Bavaria, Berg Press, Beyond, Bob, Bob Moore
related to Bibliography · 82
Prisoner of war → Africa, Alexander, Ambiguous Homecoming, August, Balance, Bernstein, Bligh, Bonn, CD, Combat Losses, DC, Death, Die Wehrmacht, Dietz, Displaced Soviet Citizens, Encyclopædia Britannica, Exploitation, Eyal Lewin, Foreign Lands, Formation
related to Primary sources · 80
Prisoner of war → Alfred James Passfield, Allemagne, American, American Film Foundation's, An Oral History, An WW2 Australian, Angus, Army, Artlook Books Western Australia, Australia, Australian Military History, BasicBooks, Behind Bamboo, Bruxelles, Carlson, Charles Tuttle Company, Constable Robinson, Dept, Desflandres, Ewan Morris
see also · 24
Prisoner of war → Armed Conflicts Project, BrändströmGerman, Civilian InterneeComing, Compassion, Duty, France, Great WarMilitary Chaplain, Law, Letters, Noncombatant, North KoreaLaws, Poland, Prisoner-of-war, Psychological Operations Battalion1952 POW, RULAC, Russian, Second Nagorno-Karabakh WarCamps, Soviet, United StatesGuantanamo Bay, Unlawful
related to Modern times · 12
Prisoner of war → Cossacks, Croats, European, In, In Europe, Peace, Soldiers, The, The European, Thirty Years' War, Westphalia, Whereas

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Jack Bridger Chalkerinstance ofLife in the POW camps was recorded at great risk to themselves by artists0.80text
Philip Meninskyinstance ofLife in the POW camps was recorded at great risk to themselves by artists0.80text
Ashley George Oldinstance ofLife in the POW camps was recorded at great risk to themselves by artists0.80text
and Ronald Searleinstance ofLife in the POW camps was recorded at great risk to themselves by artists0.80text
Australiainstance ofthe armies of Western Allied nations0.80text
Canadainstance ofthe armies of Western Allied nations0.80text
the UKinstance ofthe armies of Western Allied nations0.80text
the US were given orders to treat Axis prisoners strictly in accordance with the Geneva Conventioninstance ofthe armies of Western Allied nations0.80text
the UKinstance ofand they were for several years used as public labourers in countries0.80text
Franceinstance ofand they were for several years used as public labourers in countries0.80text
Norwayinstance ofMany died when forced to clear minefields in countries0.80text
Franceinstance ofMany died when forced to clear minefields in countries0.80text

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