beause people can be very unhumane and mean sumtimes
The Geneva Convention is the meeting that set standards for how POWs were to be treated. The atrocities of World War II prompted the treaties agreed to in 1949 to include a clause for the humane way to fight a war.
Australian POWs were treated as appallingly as other whites in Japanese camps. They were used as slave labour.
Horribly, in some cases, some POW were tortured for MONTHS!
One false statement regarding the obligations of prisoners of war (POWs) under the Geneva Convention is that POWs are allowed to engage in acts of sabotage against their captors. In reality, the Geneva Convention requires POWs to refrain from hostile acts and prohibits them from directly participating in combat while in captivity. Their primary obligation is to maintain discipline and respect the laws of their captors while being treated humanely.
Prisoners of war (POWs) in Crete during World War II faced harsh treatment, particularly after the German invasion in May 1941. Initially, some were treated relatively well by the Germans, but conditions quickly deteriorated due to overcrowding, lack of food, and inadequate medical care. Many POWs were subjected to forced labor and brutal treatment, especially if they attempted to escape or resist. The overall experience for POWs in Crete was marked by suffering and hardship, reflecting the broader context of wartime brutality.
Typhoid is spread by either, bowel movements not being treated correctly or somebody that has it handles something you use.
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I am not a doctor, but I do know that abscesses need to be treated with antibiotics as it is an infection, and if not treated correctly, can have serious complications and the worst one being death.
What was the Pows?
Unfortunately it can. But if treated correctly and quickly enough you stand a very good chance of being able to have children.
The POWs that were posted to build the Burma railway endured unimaginable conditions. Starvation was common and many troops died from malnutrition and disease. No medical facilities were available for the soldiers, resulting in thousands of deaths on the railway. The scars which the POWs received would stay with them both physically and mentally forever. They should be treated with the utmost respect and admiration for what they went through. They were lucky to get out at all. I notice that neither of the above answers talks about the brutal way in which the Japanese guards treated the Allied POW's. Beatings were common, and many prisoners were killed by being kicked to death, or by being be-headed with a sword. No limits were placed on the punishment, by the Japanese officers, who considered the POWS to be "unworthy " of respect because they had "surrendered " instead of fighting and dying. A Allied POW held by the Japanese was 9 times more likely to DIE, than if he was a German prisoner of war.
23 years old if treated correctly