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Historian Martin Mace was researching the British Special Operations Executive in government archives when he came across a report that had lain unread

Symbols used to mark the inmakes of the concentration camps. What many do not know is there were Allied POWs sent to these camps in violation of the Genvea Convention.

Unit 731,led by the infamous Japanese microbiologist Shiro Ishii, was a covert biological warfare research unit that undertook ...

None of the prisons during the Civil War were pleasant places to be kept in, but some may argue that the POW prison at Point Lookout had a few pros to go along with the cons. First of all, the prisoners had their own commerce. They were allowed to fish and, if one had enough

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During World War II, the American home front was changed in many ways. Many women went to work for the first time, filling in for men in factories and on farms while they served their country overseas. Rationing of everything from sugar to gasoline to meat forced Americans to sacrifice for…

Thousands of men found themselves as unfortunate prisoners of war during a time when kindness toward the enemy was rare. The conditions they faced were brutal and many never made it out of the camps alive. Many of those who managed to escape or survive have shared their amazing stories…

A farmer talks to German Prisoners of War who are working for him on his farm near to the PoW camp, somewhere in Britain. The farmer has two horses beside him. The PoWs are wearing rubber 'sleeves' over their boots, to protect their legs and feet from the mud. A third PoW can be seen standing to the left of the farmer.

Archival images of Prisoner of War Camp #132 formerly located in Medicine Hat, Alberta during World War II.

Amphibious landings that took place from Gallipoli (WWI) right into WWII and post WWII era especially during conflicts against Communism,

Guard tower from a World War II Nazi prisoner of war camp, Concordia, Kansas