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LISTS OF PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMPS American Revolutionary War (1775-1781) Following Burgoyne's defeat at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777 several thousand British and German (Hessian and Brunswick) troops were marched to Cambridge, MA. For various reasons, the Continental Congress desired to move them south. One of Congress' members offered his land outside of Charlottesville, VA. The remaining soldiers (some 2,000 British, upwards of 1,900 German, and roughly 300 women and children) marched south in late 1778 - arriving at the site (near Ivy Creek) in January 1779. As the barracks were barely sufficient in construction, the officers were parolled to live as far away as Richmond and Staunton. The camp was never adequately provisioned, and yet the prisoners built a theater on the site. Hundreds escaped Albemarle Barracks owing to lack of an adequate number of guards. As the British army moved northward from the Carolinas in late 1780, the remaining prisoners were moved to Frederick MD, Winchester VA, and perhaps elsewhere. No remains of the encampment site are left. Located northwest of downtown Charlottesville, around "Ivy Farms." Napoleonic Wars (1791-1815) The earliest known purpose-built Prisoner-of-War camp was built at Norman Cross , England in 1797 to house the increasing number of prisoners from the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars .
American Civil War (1860-1865) Lacking a means for dealing with large numbers of captured troops early in the war, the U.S. and Confederate governments relied on the traditional European system of parole and exchange of prisoners. Both Union and Confederate prison camps had their share of atrocities resulting in starvation, disease, and death. Union PoW Camps for Confederate Soldiers
Confederate PoW Camps for Union Soldiers
Boer Wars (1880-1902) Boer PoW Camps for British
British PoW Camps for Boer
British PoW Camps for Boer - Overseas
World War I (1914-1918) The first international convention on prisoners of war was signed at the Hague Peace Conference of 1899. It was widened by the Hague Convention of 1907. These rules proved insufficient in World War I , and the International Red Cross proposed a more complete code. World War II (1939-1945) The Third Geneva Convention (1929) established the certain provisions relative to the treatment of Prisoners of War. One requirement was that PoW camps were to be open to inspection by authorized representatives of a neutral power.
The Cowra Breakout , on August 5 1944 , is believed to be the largest escape of POWs in recorded history and possibly the largest prison breakout ever. At least 545 Japanese POWs attempted to escape from a camp near Cowra , Australia . Most sources say that 234 POWs were killed or committed suicide. The remainder were recaptured. Allied PoW Camps
Axis PoW Camps
Korean War (1950-1953) U.N. PoW camps The International Red Cross visited U.N. POW camps, often unannounced, noting prisoner hygiene, quality of medical care, variety of diet and weight gain. They talked to the prisoners and asked for their comments on conditions, as well as providing them with copies of the Geneva Convention. The IRC delegates dispersed boots, soap and other requested goods.
Communist PoW Camps In the communist PoW camps, U.N. prisoners suffered starvation and the deprivation of sleep, food and medical care; many endured various levels of torture. Communist guards often retained relief packages and food for themselves. While these PoW Camps were designated numerically ie: Camp 1, Camp 2, etc, by the communists, the PoWs often gave the camps a name.
camp was so-named after a notorious interrogator, Col. Pak. The camp was near Camp 12.
Vietnam War (1957-1975) Vietnamese Army PoW Camps In South North Vietnam By the end of 1965, Viet Cong suspects, prisoners of war, and even juvenile delinquents were all mixed together in Vietnamese jails and prisons. After June 1965 the prison population steadily rose until by early 1966 there was no space for more prisoners in the existing jails and prisons. In 1965 plans were made to construct five PoW camps, each having an initial capacity of 1,000 prisoners. Each camp would be staffed by Vietnamese military police, with U.S. military police prisoner of war advisers also assigned to each stockade. Prisons and Jails
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Viet Cong PoW Camps In North Vietnam
Afghanistan and Iraq wars (2001-?) The United States has refused to grant prisoner-of-war status to many prisoners captured during its 2001 Invasion Of Afghanistan and 2003 Invasion Of Iraq . The legality of this refusal has been questioned and cases are pending in the US courts. Other captives, including Saddam Hussein , have been accorded PoW status. The International Red Cross has been permitted to visit at least some sites. It has been alleged that many prisoners are held in secret locations or by friendly governments. Known sites include:
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