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About 3,800 Canadians were taken prisoner during the First World War (1914-18), most of them soldiers captured in battle by German forces on the Western Front.
Approximately 9,000 Canadian soldiers, sailors and aviators were captured during the Second World War which raged from 1939 to 1945. These prisoners of war (POWs) would be interned in camps behind enemy lines and faced great challenges before finally being liberated at the end of the conflict.
Jun 17, 2015 · Canada operated prison camps for interned civilians during the First and Second World Wars, and for 34,000 combatant German prisoners of war (POWs) during the Second World War. The POW camps at Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, Alberta, were the largest in North America.
Aubrey Peacock "Aub" Flegg served with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and recalls his experience as a prisoner of war during the Second World War. Read and listen to his testimony below.
There were 40 known prisoner-of-war camps across Canada during World War II, although this number also includes internment camps that held Canadians of German and Japanese descent. [1]
Nov 8, 2012 · Canada's prisoners of war from the Battle of Hong Kong faced brutality while in captivity and a seven-decade fight for proper compensation.
Canadian Prisoners of War Arrive at Manila, Philippines, 13 September 1945. The Japanese moved Canadian POWs taken during the Battle of Hong Kong to various camps throughout the South Pacific. These soldiers, such as the ones shown here, were often denied the basic necessities of life.
