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Topic Archives:Prisoners of War

Photo of a U.S. Navy SEAL surfacing from a dive. SEALs and UDT divers were tasked with getting ashore and guiding the POWs to safety.

How POWs Tried to Escape North Vietnam with Help from the Navy SEALS

by Carl O. Schuster1/8/20241/8/2024

Operation Thunderhead would be America’s last rescue mission in the Vietnam War.

Captain Samuel DeGolyer

This Union Officer Escaped a Confederate Prison and Became Grant’s Most Trusted Gunner

by Trace Brusco1/4/202411/1/2023
Illustration of a Mark VII Mod 2 SDV, with labels.

This Underwater Vehicle Was Used by Navy SEALs in Vietnam

by Carl O. Schuster12/14/202312/14/2023
Photo of the 8,500-plus British and Italian soldiers captured after the Nov. 16, 1943, surrender of Leros, Greece, were these British troops marching to waiting POW ships for transport to mainland Europe.

In 1943 Britain and Germany Raced to Control Islands in the Southeastern Aegean. But Why?

by Anthony Rogers9/22/20238/2/2023
heinrich-himmler-russian-pow-camp-ww2

Most POWs Want to Go Home—But After World War II, Some Faced Death on Arrival

by John A. Haymond9/18/20239/19/2023

Why The Waffen-SS Are Overrated As World War II Combatants

by Jerry D. Morelock8/21/20238/21/2023
ww2-captive-airman-robert-hite

During WWII the Japanese Created A Law To Commit War Crimes

by John A. Haymond3/22/20233/22/2023

What Happened to the Two Canadian Aviators of Lancaster L7576?

by Gavin Mortimer3/14/202311/22/2023
Photo of Store front with "I am an American" sign in window

Japanese Internment Camps: America’s Great Mistake

by J.D. Zahniser1/10/202311/1/2022
esther-krinitz-quilt-childhood-home-ww2

This Holocaust Survivor Told the Horrors of War With Fabric and Thread

by World War II Magazine12/29/202212/29/2022

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