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It depends on where they were My father was a Japanese prisoner of war and he and many other were forced to work on the production of war materials like ships and so on.
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∙ 11y agoThey were used as slaves and workers.
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Why didn't prisoners of war have allegiance to Rome?
Prisoners of war were enslaved. They were the sources of slaves in antiquity.
Who were the prisoners of war who were forced to march in the bataan march?
Americans and Filipinos
What is a Death March?
A tune written by Fredrick Chopin. It also refers to the forced march of prisoners of war in Batan, Phillippines and in Germany during WW2. Many prisoners were sick and died or were executed during the prolonged march.
What is best describes slavery in Rome?
Most slaves were prisoners of war.
How many troops were taken as pow?
It largely depended on who was fighting against who and in which war. For example the Japanese in WW2 treated their POWs abominably, but few indeed became prisoners themselves. The Russians too treated their prisoners terribly. Many Russian prisoners themselves were forced to fight for the Germans.
How many prisoners of war was in World War 2?
3,023
What type of prisoners were at buchenwald concentration camp. help me out here i need to type a paper on this for English class?
The prisoners in Buchenwald came from many places throughout Europe. People from Poland and Slovenia but also many religious and political prisoners, Gypsies (Roma), homosexuals, Jews and prisoners of war. Buchenwald was mainly for housing forced labour for armament factories. The ending of the war did not mean the end of the camp as the Soviet Union used it to house more than 28,000 prisoners between 1945 and 1950.
How many prisoners of war did the union have during the civil war?
12,000
How Many british prisoners died in the war?
1,000
What has the author Rainer Szczesiak written?
Rainer Szczesiak has written: 'Nationalsozialistische Zwangslager im Raum Neubrandenburg' -- subject(s): Prisoners of war, National socialism, World War, 1939-1945, Forced labor, German Prisoners and prisons, History
How many French prisoners were taken in 1940?
Germany took about 1.8 million French prisoners of war.
How many soldiers were hold prisoners in the civil war?
10,000
