This is a list of famous prisoners of war (POWs) whose imprisonment attracted media attention, or who became well known afterwards. Per Bergsland – Norwegian pilot of No. 332 Squadron RAF. Escapee #44 of the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III, successfully made it to Sweden with Jens Müller. Roger Bushell – South African-born RAF Squadron Leader.

Prisoners of war during World War II faced vastly different fates due to the POW conventions adhered to or ignored, depending on the theater of conflict, and the behaviour of their captors. During the war approximately 35 million soldiers surrendered, with …

2023年8月8日 · Individuals who were once held as prisoners of war were ranked based on daily average Wikipedia pageviews between Jan. 1, 2022 and Dec. 31, 2022. Many of the most famous prisoners of war...

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610.

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More 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.

On January 31, 1945, American prisoners of war from Stalag III-C were caught, tragically, in a firefight between German guards and Soviet troops. Allied intelligence believed that most captured American officers were being held at the Hammelburg prisoner …

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.

2022年10月25日 · In the Pacific Theater, nearly 30,000 Americans were imprisoned by the Japanese. Most of these men and women were captured after the fall of the Philippines and suffered some of the highest death rates in American history at nearly 40 percent. Prisoners of war suffered a brutal captivity and many were crowded into "hell ships" bound for Japan.

2020年3月10日 · The most successful returnees were older when captured and spent less time as POWs than either the borderline or unsuccessful RPOWs. It is generally accepted that being in combat in Vietnam and becoming a POW was one of the most traumatic experiences a soldier could ever experience.