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Kptlt. Neuerburg · 03-14-19, 08:14 AM

RIP. Another of the Greatest Generation has left us.

As for what the Germans would do with POWs who where re-captured after escaping was the prisoner(s) would be returned to the same camp from which they had escaped from, a spell in solitary confinement also known as "The Cooler" and then returned the back into the camp. The execution of the 50 POW's who escaped from Stalag Luft III was a personal order from Hitler to ensure that no more mass escapes would happen.

In POW camps run by the Japanese all POW's where treated as slave labor for use in coal mines, factories, docks, railyards, building airfields and so on. Many died of starvation, lack of even basic medical treatments, torture and in some cases medical experimentation. The Japanese also had a "Kill all order", where in the event the allies where going to land in any place where there where POW's they would be killed and all traces of their existence removed. It was also far more difficult to escape from a camp in mainland Japan just due to the physical differences between the POW's and the Japanese. How ever if one escaped in the Philippines or the Dutch East Indies you had a decent chance of getting away and making contact with friendly forces that where in the area.

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Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,280 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	RIP. Another of the Greatest Generation has left us. As for what the Germans would do with POWs who where re-captured after escaping was the prisoner(s) would be returned to the same camp from which they had escaped from, a spell in solitary confinement also known as "The Cooler" and then returned the back into the camp. The execution of the 50 POW's who escaped from Stalag Luft III was a personal order from Hitler to ensure that no more mass escapes would happen. In POW camps run by the Japanese all POW's where treated as slave labor for use in coal mines, factories, docks, railyards, building airfields and so on. Many died of starvation, lack of even basic medical treatments, torture and in some cases medical experimentation. The Japanese also had a "Kill all order", where in the event the allies where going to land in any place where there where POW's they would be killed and all traces of their existence removed. It was also far more difficult to escape from a camp in mainland Japan just due to the physical differences between the POW's and the Japanese. How ever if one escaped in the Philippines or the Dutch East Indies you had a decent chance of getting away and making contact with friendly forces that where in the area. __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin Last edited by Kptlt. Neuerburg; 03-14-19 at 08:26 AM.