Protected persons: Prisoners of war and detainees | ICRC
网页The rules protecting prisoners of war (POWs) are specific and were first detailed in the 1929 Geneva Convention. They were refined in the Third Geneva Convention of 1949, following the lessons of the Second World War, as well as in Additional Protocol I of 1977.
Prisoner of war (POW) | Britannica
网页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 noncombatants associated with a military force.
Prisoners of war: What you need to know | ICRC
网页In international armed conflict, such persons are known as prisoners of war (PoWs) and have always been particularly vulnerable to abuse, due to their affiliation with the enemy and the fact that their captivity usually occurs against the backdrop of wartime animosity.
Prisoners of World War II (POWs) - The National WWII Museum
网页More than 120,000 Americans were held prisoner by the enemy during World War II. In order to pass the time and to make life easier, POWs used the scarce resources available to design and build practical and artistic pieces. Learn More.
Vietnam War POWs and MIAs | Missing Soldiers, Families & Legacy
网页1973年1月27日 · POWs held in North Vietnam were used for propaganda, psychological warfare, and negotiating purposes. They were tortured , isolated, and psychologically abused in violation of the Geneva Convention of 1949, to …
POWs in American History: A Synopsis - U.S. National Park Service
网页2022年10月25日 · As American and Russian forces closed in from opposite directions, many American POWs were taken from camps and forced to march for weeks as the Germans tried to avoid the Allied forces. In the Pacific Theater, nearly 30,000 Americans were imprisoned by the Japanese.
One of these Vietnam War POWs spent 10 months in a ‘tiger cage ... - CNN
网页2023年5月29日 · Over a period of 12 days beginning December 18, more than 200 US Air Force B-52 bombers flew 730 sorties and dropped over 20,000 tons of bombs on Hanoi and nearby Haiphong. Former POW Ken ...
Vietnam and POWs: How many POWs returned, how many are …
网页2023年5月24日 · The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency lists 684 POWs returned home alive from the Vietnam War — the majority after the U.S. pulled out of the war in 1973. (The war officially ended April 30,...
Most POWs Want to Go Home—But After World War II, Some ... - HistoryNet
网页2023年9月18日 · More than 50,000 Japanese POWs perished in Soviet prison work camps after the war was over. The end of the conflict precipitated one of the most controversial episodes related to international conventions on prisoners of …
National POW/MIA Recognition Day - U.S. Department of Defense
网页National POW/MIA Recognition Day. The Defense Department remembers and honors those Americans who were prisoners of war and those who served and never returned home. DOD's POW/MIA Accounting ...
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