Prisoner of war
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A prisoner of war (POW, PoW, PW, P/W, WP, or PsW) or enemy prisoner of war (EPW) is a combatant who is held in continuing custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase is dated 1660.
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See also
- Rule of Law in Armed Conflicts Project (RULAC)
- KIA – Killed In Action
- MIA – Missing In Action
- WIA – Wounded in action
- List of notable prisoners of war
- American Revolution prisoners of war
- British prison ships (New York)
- Combatant
- Disarmed Enemy Forces
- Geneva Convention
- Illegal combatant
- Laws of war
- Military Chaplain#Noncombatant status
- Postal censorship
- Prisoner-of-war camp
- Prison escape
- The United States Military Code of Conduct
- War crime
- World War II Radio Heroes: Letters of Compassion
- Civilian Internee
- Camps for Russian prisoners and internees in Poland (1919–1924)
- Soviet POWs in German captivity
- Polish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union (after 1939)
- 13th Psychological Operations Battalion (Enemy Prisoner of War)
- Korean War POWs detained in North Korea
- 1952 POW olympics
- Thomas E. "Tom" Walsh, Sr.
Movies
- 1971
- Andersonville
- As Far as my Feet will Carry Me [German: So weit die Füße tragen]
- Blood Oath
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- The Brylcreem Boys
- Danger Within
- The Deerhunter
- Empire of the Sun
- Escape to Athena
- Faith of My Fathers
- Grand Illusion
- The Great Escape
- The Great Raid
- The McKenzie Break
- Hanoi Hilton
- Hart's War
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
- Missing in Action
- The One That Got Away
- The Purple Heart
- Prisoner of War (there are several films of this title available here)
- Rambo: First Blood Part II
- Rescue Dawn
- Schindler's List
- Stalag 17
- Summer of My German Soldier
- Tea with Mussolini
- To End All Wars
- Uncommon Valor
- The Wooden Horse
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