Escaping POWs may have been shot, and it may be possible that individuals in the military could have allowed themselves excesses at times, but murdering EPWs wasn't an American practice.
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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.
POW = prisoner of war. they were prisoners and as such didn't really have a leader. there were POWs on both sides
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Because they surrendered.
Almost all of them.
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yes the Japanese did
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P.O.W stands for Prisoner of War. They were soldiers or airmen who were captured or surrendered.
Yes, there is a medal for prisoners of war (POWs) from World War II. The United States, for example, recognizes the Prisoner of War Medal, which was established in 1985 to honor former POWs who were held captive while serving in the military. This medal acknowledges their sacrifices and suffering during captivity. Many other countries also have similar honors for their POWs from the conflict.
Because they were at war with them (and others). Killing happens quite a lot in wartime.