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Title: Interesting P.O.W. statistics
Post by: 2stony on April 07, 2004, 10:24:21 AM

Here's some interesting information about P.O.W. survival rates of U.S. personnel during WWII.

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US prisoners-of-war in Japanese hands died at a rate approaching 40%, while those held by the Germans succumbed at about 1.2%.

     A fairly substantial difference between P.O.W.s held by the Japanese vs. Germans, wouldn't you say?

Title: Interesting P.O.W. statistics
Post by: Furball on April 07, 2004, 10:26:38 AM

what happened to allied jewish servicemen caught as P.O.W's?

were they shipped off to the deathcamps or treated as normal P.O.W's?

Title: Interesting P.O.W. statistics
Post by: Hristo on April 07, 2004, 10:30:07 AM

From first hand accounts, US and British POWs were treated very differently than Soviet POWs, if those even reached the camps.

Title: Interesting P.O.W. statistics
Post by: 2stony on April 07, 2004, 10:31:09 AM

Here's your answer Furball.

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Hitler had ordered that Jewish American POWs be segregated and made part of his 'Final Solution'.

Title: Interesting P.O.W. statistics
Post by: Furball on April 07, 2004, 10:38:42 AM

why only american?

Title: Interesting P.O.W. statistics
Post by: Pongo on April 07, 2004, 10:47:27 AM

Anyone that has not read about the Japanese treatment of POWs or the indigenous people of the countries they occupied should do so.

Title: Interesting P.O.W. statistics
Post by: 2stony on April 07, 2004, 10:54:10 AM

Originally posted by Furball:

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why only american?

     That quote came from an American POW in Stalag Luft 1, so he's probably just relating what he knew. I'm sure other countries' Jewish POWs were treated the same.
     I've also heard that African-American POWs were treated better by the Germans just so it would create friction with the white POWs.