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    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...
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    Large numbers of German prisoners of war were held in Britain between the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 and late 1948. Their numbers...
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    million German prisoners of war were captured by the Soviet Union during World War II, most of them during the great advances of the Red Army in the last...
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    During World War II, Soviet prisoners of war (POWs) held by Nazi Germany and primarily in the custody of the German Army were starved and subjected to...
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    German prisoners of war in Azerbaijan (German: Deutsche Kriegsgefangene in Aserbaidschan) are former servicemen of Nazi Germany captured by Soviet troops...
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    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...
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    Prisoners of war from Germany in World War II. German prisoners of war in Azerbaijan German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union German casualties in...
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    also: German prisoners of war in northwest Europe, German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union and German prisoners of war in the United States The fates...
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    Internment of German resident aliens and German-American citizens occurred in the United States during the periods of World War I and World War II. During...
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    During the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), management and treatment of prisoners of war (POWs) were very different from the standards of modern...
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  • Members of the United States Armed Forces have violated the law of war after the signing of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 and the signing of the Geneva...
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    Extermination of Soviet prisoners of war by Nazi Germany German prisoners of war in the United States Illegal combatant Korean War POWs detained in North Korea...
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    The situation of World War I prisoners of war in Germany is an aspect of the conflict little covered by historical research. However, the number of soldiers...
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    held in prisoner-of-war camps during World War I. All nations pledged to follow the Hague Conventions on fair treatment of prisoners of war, and the survival...
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    The United States declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917, nearly three years after World War I started. A ceasefire and armistice were declared...
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    Throughout its history and into the present, the United States has held political prisoners, people whose detention is based substantially on political...
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    The military history of the United States during the Korean War began after the defeat of Japan by the Allied Powers in World War II. This brought an...
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    in Germany. Nevertheless, many prisoners remained in German captivity until the defeat of Germany in 1945. Prisoners who returned to France, either by...
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  • During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, both Ukrainian and Russian/separatist prisoners of war have suffered several forms of abuse, such as mistreatment...
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    and Human Rights German Prisoners of War in the United States Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 – traditional rules on fighting wars Human rights Human...
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  • United States involvement in the Vietnam War began shortly after the end of World War II in Asia, first in an extremely limited capacity and escalating...
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    Around 2.4 million men were World War I prisoners of war in Germany. Kriegsgefangenenlager (KGFL, "Prisoner of war camps") were divided into: Mannschaftslager...
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    prisoners of war in Finland during World War II were captured in two Soviet-Finnish conflicts of that period: the Winter War and the Continuation War...
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    The Prisoner of War Medal is a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was authorized by Congress and signed into law by President Ronald...
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    India and the United States. Those taken by the Soviet Union were treated harshly in work camps located in Siberia. Following the war the prisoners were repatriated...
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    8, 1945, at a German and Italian prisoner-of-war camp in Salina, Utah. Nine German prisoners of war were murdered and nineteen prisoners were wounded by...
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  • This is a list of wars and rebellions involving the United States of America. Currently, there are 108 wars on this list, 4 of which are ongoing.   USA...
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    Roosevelt. The largest group of forced laborers in the Soviet Union consisted of several million German prisoners of war. Most German POW survivors of the forced...
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    Prisoners of War The Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War was signed at Geneva, July 27, 1929. Its official name is the Convention relative to the Treatment...
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  • prisoners of war varied widely, and most captured black soldiers were taken prisoner rather than executed. However, violence against black prisoners of...
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