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Short and Long term consequences for Australian soldiers captured by the Japanese?
See: "Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II in the Pacific." (1996) by Gavan Daws; ISBN 0-6881-4370-9.
Treatment of Australian POWs in PNG by Japanese?
The Japanese considered surrender by their own soldiers a disgrace and liable to extreme punishment. They considered enemy prisoners the same way, and used them as slave labour. Some were executed wantonly.
Were there Russian POWS in the Russo-Japanese War?
At POW camps in Japan.
Japanese attitudes to Australian POWs in World War 2?
yes
What is Broadcasted During Zero Hour?
The Zero Hour was a radio program produced by the Japanese during World War II. The Japanese made Allied POWs read the latest news on the air, and then forced them to make appeals to fellow allied soldiers to surrender.
What was the difference between Australian POW's caught by the Japanese and POW's caught by the Germans?
Japanese treatment of POW's was far more brutal when compared to German treatment of POWs (bear in mind, Aussies were not of the same ethnicity as Pole or Russian soldiers, who received the worst treatment from Germans). Japan used POWs for slave labor (eg:Burma-Thai Railroad, "Bridge over River Kwai") and were subjected to vivisections, experiments, and overall barbaric treatment. A simple statistic illustrates the difference most clearly. 98% of POWs returned from German POW camps 73% returned from Japanese camps.
What were POWs in World War 2?
P.O.W stands for Prisoner of War. They were soldiers or airmen who were captured or surrendered.
How were the German prisoners of war treated?
By and large, the U.S. and U.K. treated Germans in compliance with the Geneva Conventions. By and large, the Germans treated U.S. and U.K. prisoners with at least minimal decency, allowed ICRC inspections, mail, and packages. The Germans abused and murdered many Soviet and Serbian prisoners. The Soviet Union in general, treated German POWs and Hungarian prisoners harshly and deprived many of them of adequate rations, medical treatment, minimal comfort, but this corresponded to the cruelty, deprivation, and brutality with which the Germans treated Soviet prisoners. The Soviets killed and imprisoned for years after the war many thousands of Japanese POWs. The Japanese were monstrous, murdering many U.K., Australian, Filipino, and U.S. POWs and a large proportion of the Chinese prisoners they took. The Americans and Australians bombed and strafed many of the by-passed Japanese troops in the South Pacific and other areas. Many starved, turned cannibal and died of disease. The Americans took very few Japanese POWs. The tales told by U.S. Marines are ghastly. The Chinese killed many of the Jaoanese POWs that they took. and and mistrated many of the Japanese pri
Did the Japanese insert bamboo into the arms of POW's?
The Japanese did insert bamboo into the arms of the POWs and they would also jam sharp bamboo sticks under their fingernails.
Were Japanese POWs captured by Americans transported to camps in the US?
Yes and they were raped by the bed intruder you can run and tell that, homeboy
How many US soldiers became German POWs?
93,941 U.S. Army & Air Corps personnel were captured & held as POWs by Axis Forces in the E.T.O. during WW 2. Richard V. Horrell WW 2 Connections.com
What are facts about American soldiers who fought in World War 2?
They were nicknamed "fat cows" because they were more obese than soldiers from other countries at war, and they were way heavier than the POWs.
