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Bookmark or Share- United States World War II Prisoner of War RecordsThis 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.
- Prisoners of war: What you need to know | ICRCIn 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 MuseumPOWs were a major focus of the war crimes trials in the Pacific. Former POWs like Sgt. Peter Dzimba were called on to speak for those who could no longer speak for themselves. More than 120,000 Americans were held prisoner by the enemy during World War II.
- Prisoner of war (POW) | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannicaprisoner 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.
- POWs in American History: A Synopsis - U.S. National Park ServiceLife as a POW meant many forced marches in subfreezing weather, solitary confinement, brutal punishments and attempts at political "re-education." Here prisoners received their first systematic dose of indoctrination techniques by their captors.
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