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The most notorious one was Andersonville, near Columbus, Georgia. Union prisoners were reduced to gang-murder, starvation and even cannibalism.
Conditions were so bad that the commandant (Wirz) was hanged after the armistice, even though the Union had promised no hangings for war-crimes.
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What does POW mean World War 2?
Prisoner of war, usually said as POW camp.
In which country is Colditz the famous prisoner-of-war camp?
Germany
Who is the infamous Confederate prisoner of war camp?
Andersonville, Georgia.
What was Confederate prisoner of war camp?
The notorious one was Andersonville, Georgia.
What is the name of the most notorious confederate prisoner of war camp?
Andersonville, Georgia
When was Lom prisoner of war camp created?
Lom prisoner of war camp was created in 1940.
When did Featherston prisoner of war camp happen?
Featherston prisoner of war camp happened in 1943.
What does POW camps stand for?
Prisoner of war camp FIRST
What do you call a camp for political prisoners?
Camps for political prisoners have been called a detention center, a concentration camp, prisoner of war camp, labor camp, or gulag.
Whats The most well known prisoner of war camp?
changi in Singapore or sandakan in borneo or what about cowra it was a prisoner of war camp for Japanese
What does POW mean World War 2?
Prisoner of war, usually said as POW camp.
Why they call it ' an internment camp' instead of a prisoner of war camp?
An internment camp holds whomever the authorities want to hold. A "prisoner of war" camp is a special kind of internment camp, one that holds foreign soldiers captured in combat.
Prisoner-of-war camp in Mindanao?
Yes. The Japanese ran a prisoner-of-war camp in Mindanao during World War II. If you have a more specific question about this, please go ahead and ask.
What was a nazi camp commandant?
A commandant is the officer in command of either a prisoner of war camp OR a concentration camp.
What was Bergen-Belsen before it became a concentration camp?
It was originally a prisoner-of-war camp.
What was a commandant in nazi Germany?
A commandant was the head of a prisoner of war camp or a concentration camp.
Was Anderson the infamous confederate prisoner of war camp?
Andersonville
