Prisoners of World War II (POWs) - The National WWII Museum
WEBMore 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.
US Prisoners of War and Civilian American Citizens Captured
WEBOf the approximately 130,000 American prisoners of war (POWs) in World War II (WWII), 27,000 or more were held by Japan. Of the approximately 19,000 American civilian internees held in WWII,...
United States World War II Prisoner of War Records
WEBAug 12, 2024 · World War II Prisoners of War Data File. The National Archives has an online searchable database. This series, part of Record Group 389, has information about U.S. military officers and soldiers and U.S. civilians and some Allied civilians who were prisoners of war and internees.
World War 2 Prisoners Of War - Camps & Statistics
WEBMore than 140,000 Western POWs were captured by Japanese during World War Two, and these unlucky servicemen were exposed to some of the most extreme and inhumane treatment that occurred during the war. Japanese traditions viewed surrender as weak and dishonourable, and so the Japanese forces did not consider POWs worthy of their mercy.
WWII Prisoners of War - National Museum of the USAF
WEBWWII Prisoners of War. During World War II, 124,079 U.S. Army personnel were captured by the enemy, of these 41,057 were members of the Army Air Forces, most of whom were in airplanes that were shot down while in aerial combat over hostile territory.
POWs in the USA - 10 Surprising Facts About America's WW2 …
WEBApr 10, 2018 · POWs in the USA — 10 Surprising Facts About America’s WW2 Prisoner of War Camps. 10 April, 2018. The crew of the German submarine U-118 in captivity on U.S. soil. The vessel was destroyed in action off the Canary Islands in 1943. The 16 survivors were picked up by an American destroyer and, like hundreds of thousands of other German ...
The Nazi prisoners bugged by Germans - BBC News
WEBJan 18, 2013 · Thousands of German POWs held captive in England during World War II were bugged by "secret listeners" who were themselves German refugees, working for the British. Historian Helen Fry and...
World War II Records - National Archives
WEBAug 23, 2022 · Captured Nazi recordings, List of speeches and broadcasts in the collection. Nazi War Criminal Records (Interagency Working Group) Homefront. America on the Homefront: Selected World War II Records, Records from NARA's Regional Archives in Boston. Internment Records. Civilian Internment and Relocation Records. Maps.
Nurse POWs: Angels of Bataan and Corregidor | The National WWII Museum ...
WEBThe “Angels of Bataan and Corregidor,” 77 American military nurses taken prisoner in the Philippines, provided lifesaving care to the civilian POWs in the Santo Tomas and Los Banos Internment Camps where they were held from 1942-1945.
Great escapes: How WW2 captives found a glint of light - BBC
WEBFeb 3, 2024 · When Singapore fell in 1942, missionary and teacher Margaret Dryburgh tried to escape from the advancing Japanese forces by ship, but was captured.