Within three months of the Japanese entering World War II on December 8th, 1941, over 22 thousand Australian troops had become prisoners of war. They were placed into camps in Timor, Ambon, New Britain, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Singapore and Malaya. In later stages of the war some of the prisoners were shifted further North into Southeast Asia, Formosa, Korea, Manchuria and Japan itself. At the end of World War II some 14000 Australian servicemen and about 30 service women were alive. One in three Australian prisoners of war had died, making this prisoner of war ordeal responsible for more than half the deaths of the entire war. The Prisoners of war had a rather dramatic effect for the war effort and for the victim's families back home as very limited contact or reassurance was made by the Japanese Soldiers.
Yet the Horrendous experiences endured by the few survivors over the three years of captivity in the various areas of Asia have not fully received their permanent place In history, or a sincere commendment for their courage and determination to survive. War historians tend to be more interested in actual battles and massacres than in those people who were prisoners of war for their country. Very little research has been done to account for the impact of POW life on the physical and mental health of those people involved. The experiences and heroism of the Australian prisoners of war of the Japanese from 1942 to 1945 are not recognised and acknowledged enough compared to the proportion of their contribution towards their country. .
The Australians of the eighth division who went to war in 1941 were aware of the Anzac tradition and were prepared to fight to any extent in order to uphold it. They did not have much time to show their power, as the well-organised and prepared Japanese imperial army swept down through Asia towards Australia. When the Australians had the chance to fight, they fought to the best of their ability.
In regards to World War II and people who were taken as prisoners of the war, the answer is yes, but only for a few. A prisoner of war, or POW, is a term for a member of the armed forces who is captured and confined during war. ... During times of war, enemies take men as prisoners. During World War II, both the axis and the allies took prisoners. ... Obviously, prisoners of war were malnourished. ...
Unfortunately, this was a harsh reality for many soldiers in World War Two, more specifically the prisoners of war in Japan. The treatment of prisoners of war in the pacific was extremely unfair and unjust. By definition, a prisoner of war is someone who is engaged in combat, and captured by the armed forces of the enemy. ... This was because of the extreme cruelty and inhumane treatment that their prisoners of war received. ... Prisoners of war were not animals meant to be locked up and abused. ...
For example, a discussion about the "Prisoner's Dilemma- would be incomplete without taking into account the theories established by Axelrod in The Evolution of Cooperation. The prisoner's dilemma is a modeling tool that helps us to understand the behavior of entities in various situations and scenarios. ... Two prisoners, Chip and Dale, are held for trial. ... In addition, the R-value has to be greater than the average of T and S in order for the conditions that define a "Prisoner's Dilemma- to be met. ... (pg.136) Since the Prisoner's Dilemma is so common in everyt...
Prisoner of Conscience Individual political rights have been a concern for a very long time. ... Sustained attempts to construct comprehensive international laws and institutions dealing with human rights were made for the first time after World War II. ... The types of people that have stood up for what they believe, and because of this, have been put in jail are called prisoners of conscience. Someone that can be classified as a prisoner of conscience would be Muhammad Ali. ...
Prisoner of Conscience Individual political rights have been a concern for a very long time. ... Sustained attempts to construct comprehensive international laws and institutions dealing with human rights were made for the first time after World War II. ... The types of people that have stood up for what they believe, and because of this, have been put in jail are called prisoners of conscience. Someone that can be classified as a prisoner of conscience would be Muhammad Ali....
The Vietnam War, the nations longest war, cost fifty-eight thousand American lives. Only the Civil War and the two World Wars were deadlier ("Vietnam War-). ... In January 1973, the United States and North Vietnam signed the Paris Peace Agreement, which provided for the withdrawal of all remaining U.S. forces from Vietnam, the return of U.S. prisoners of war, and a cease-fire ("Vietnam War-). ... There were 587 U.S. prisoners of war and a current unofficial estimate puts the number of personnel still unaccounted for in the neighborhood of 2500 (Scott). The Vietnam War was one of the best wars ...
The Vietnam War was a war we could not win and could not afford to lose. ... A war when no man wins and every man looses. A war of tricks and trades. ... Northern Vietnam agrees to return all Prisoners of war. ... It called for the release of all U.S. prisoners, and withdrawal of U.S. forces. ...
Many of the wars start off as good wars such as World War II in which the Allies tried to stop Hitler from destroying the Jewish population of Europe. ... The Civil War had to be the worst war that anyone could have fought. ... During any war, foreign or domestic, prisoners are always taken. During a civil war then the prisoners might be a cousin or maybe a close friend which makes it harder to keep the prisoner from interacting with their guards. ... In Frank O"Connor's "Guests of the Nation", Belcher and Hawkins were taken prisoners by the Irish during the war between Irelan...
At one incident, Trotsky stopped Czech prisoners from fighting the Central Powers by stopping them on the railroad tracks. Trotsky demanded that the Czech prisoners must be used in the labor force, or if they disobeyed, they would be sent to concentration camps. The Czech prisoners were then taken in until Kolchak's forces grouped with them and promised them gold in exchange for the removal of the Bolsheviks. ... " This ended the Russian Civil War. ... That is why the Bolsheviks won the civil war....
