Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
The laws apply from the moment a prisoner is captured until he is released or repatriated. One of the main provisions of the convention makes it illegal to torture prisoners, and states that a prisoner can only be required to give his name, date of birth, rank and service number (if applicable).
Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention protects captured military personnel, guerrilla fighters and certain civilians.
American Revolutionary War[edit]
Category:Prisoners of war in the American Revolutionary War
Illustration of British soldiers surrendering after the Battle of Saratoga
Crimean War[edit]
Category:Crimean War prisoners of war
Russian prisoner after the battle of Kinburn (1855)
American Civil War[edit]
Category:Prisoners of war in the American Civil War
Confederate POWs at Gettysburg
Union Army soldier on his release from Belle Isle prison camp in May, 1865.
Spanish American War[edit]
Spanish prisoners in Santiago marching to transports, 1898
Philippine Revolution[edit]
Filipino POWs near San Miguel Cathedral, 1899
The first prisoners of the Filipino revolution in 1896.
Second Boer War[edit]
Category:Prisoners of war in the Second Boer War
transit camp for prisoners of war
Winston Churchill in Durban in the British Cape Colony in 1899. Delivering a speech after escaping from a South African prisoners' of war camp.
WWI[edit]
Category:Prisoners of war in World War I
Austro-Hungarian POWs in Russia, 1915
Russian POW in Tuchola, 1919
Turkish prisoners, 1915
A wounded female Russian POW who had fought in the frontline, published 1916
German Revolution[edit]
POW captured during the revolution in Bavaria
WWII[edit]
Category:Prisoners of war in World War II
The endless procession of German prisoners captured with the fall of Aachen marching through the ruined city streets to captivity
German prisoners, WW II
Japanese prisoners in Changde.
Japanese prisoners
German POW's captured by the U.S. 82nd Airborne division in Belgium
British and French prisoners at Veules-les-Roses, France
British POWs in Italy
„Lager Remagen“ (in April 1945, the head count amounted 660,000 inmates)
POW Camp Remagen, Germany (Goldene Meile)
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Heimkehrer[edit]
German POWs returning from the Russia
Released POWs
Indonesian National Revolution[edit]
Category:Prisoners of war in the Indonesian Revolution
Men from the military police with a prisoner of war from the Republican Army, Banjoemas.
Korean War[edit]
Category:Prisoners of war in the Korean War
Chinese and North Korean POWs
Captured Chinese soldiers
American POWs
Vietnam War[edit]
Category:Prisoners of war in the Vietnam War
ARVN POWs are being repatriated
Falklands War[edit]
Category:Prisoners of war in the Falklands War
Argentine POWs
POWs in Stanley
Iran-Iraq War[edit]
In re-taking Khorramshahr, the Iranians captured some 19,000 soldiers from a demoralized Iraqi Army in 1982.
Soviet war in Afghanistan[edit]
POW in Afghanistan captured by Spetsnaz
Desert Storm[edit]
Iraq prisoners, "Desert Storm', 1991
