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Operation Swift Mercy and POW Supply. At the end of the war, more than 12,000 American POWs were scattered in camps across the Pacific in desperate shape. From August 30-September 20, 1945, in Operation Swift Mercy, B-17s and B-29s flew 1,000 missions and dropped 4,500 tons of supplies to American troops no longer prisoner, but still trapped.
Canadian POWs captured during the Dieppe Raid. Photo: Library and Archives Canada C-014171. 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 ...
During The Second World War. More than 170,000 British prisoners of war (POWs) were taken by German and Italian forces during the Second World War. Most were captured in a string of defeats in France, North Africa and the Balkans between 1940 and 1942. They were held in a network of POW camps stretching from Nazi-occupied Poland to Italy.
May 28, 2024 · Did you know that 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation and repatriation of WWII Prisoners of War (POWs) from Europe. The Online Memorial and Museum of Prisoners of War is exploring the practicalities of organising an international commemorative event – POW80. POW80, to be held in the UK, will focus on the relatives of Allied […]
Lists of Prisoners of War from the War Office’s Directorate of Prisoners of War (from record series WO 392) Japanese Index Cards of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees, partly in Japanese (from record series WO 345 ) – for help with translation see the Dutch National Archives’ guide on translating Japanese POW cards (this link will download as a PDF file)
war. armed force. enemy combatant. repatriation. prisoner of war (POW), any person captured or interned by a belligerent power during war. In the strictest sense it is applied only to members of regularly organized armed forces, but by broader definition it has also included guerrillas, civilians who take up arms against an enemy openly, or ...
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Prisoners of War in WW2. As World War Two drew to a close, hundreds of thousands of troops from across all divisions of the Allied and Axis forces had been captured. These prisoners of war were spread throughout all of the major battlegrounds, including Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, the Far East and North Africa, with each power choosing to ...
