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How were Japanese treated?
Japanese residents were interned. Japanese POW were treated in accord with the Geneva Convention.
How were Australian prisoners treated compared to the prisoners generally treated in Japanese POW camps?
Australian POWs were treated as appallingly as other whites in Japanese camps. They were used as slave labour.
What POW camps did the US run in the Pacific?
POW camps for the Japanese, but NOT in the Pacific. In the United States itself were POW camps held. They were for the Japanese whom were deemed spies for the Japanese government.
How did the Australians treat Japanese prisoners in World War 2?
The Australians treated the Japanese well in POW camps and gave them better food and water than the Japanese gave them, better shelter, medical attention, clothing and cigarettes.
Were Japanese prisoners of the World War 2 mistreated in Australia?
They were treated in accordance with the Geneva Convention. Australian prisoners of the Japanese were not.
Why haven't the Australian POW's of Germany during WW2 been paid like the Australian POWs of Japan?
i don't know much about the Aussies, but i do know this, The Japanese POW's suffered a fate worse than Death, they were tortured in the most barbaric ways possible, including having a petrol-laden cloth wrapped around their genitalia and then having it lit, The POW's in Europe from Australia were A) few in number and B) not as badly treated and often just went a little bit hungry
Where did the Australians take their prisoners?
Many POWs captured by the Australians were handed over to the Army they were part of. For example many prisoners captured in North Africa would end up in British run POW camps. Additionally there were POW camps all over Australia. In 1944 there were 2,223 Japanese, 14,720 Italian prisoners and 1,585 Germans. The most famous POW camp in Australia is at Cowra in New South Wales where 400 Japanese prisoners broke out through the wire and escaped into the countryside. 4 Australians were killed during the breakout and 234 Japanese.
Why were Jewish refugees treated like POW's in concentration camps?
they were treated a lot worse.
What nationalities were the POW's detained in Australia?
japans
List of American pows that survived the Japanese pow camps was the name vernon west on any of the lists?
Begin your research with websites concerning WW2 POW camps. Go to www.mansell.com Extensive lists and rosters for Japanese POW Camps
What did they do with the code Bushido?
the Bushido code was a Japanese honour code, where the Japanese would commit suicide instead of surrendering. the did not believe in surrender and were taught to take their own lives as apposed to disobeying their honourable code. the Japanese therefor did not respect POW that surrendered and so treated them terribly, killing most of them.
Who was engaged in warfare in the pacific before the bombing of Hiroshima?
The war in the Pacific was essentially between the Japanese and the Americans. However, troops from Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Singapore were heavily involved fighting Japanese troops, and many of them would lose their lives in Japanese POW camps.
