Millions more Axis and Allied POWs were held in other camps in Europe, the Soviet Union, Canada, Australia and Africa.

During World War II, many German prisoners of war who had been captured on the battlefield were sent to Bastrop County, where they worked on area farms.

The U.S. hoped that if German POWs were treated humanely, Germany would reciprocate in its treatment of American prisoners.

Stateside, German and Italian POWs had a shockingly different experience. Life in the POW camps was surprisingly relaxed and the prisoners were in good spirits.

The POWs weren’t all Germans, either: Tens of thousands of Benito Mussolini’s Italian forces ended up in the U.S. Not all the German soldiers were Nazis, the North Carolina history noted. Some were ...

They say the third time is a charm. In Geroux’s case, “The Fifteen: Murder, Retribution, and the Forgotten Story of Nazi POWs ...

While going through his late mother's belongings, former Auburn resident Jack Shay discovered a trove of letters, documents and memorabilia from former German prisoners of war.

During WWII, 400,000 German soldiers made the U. S. their home. They were prisoners of war, and they were here because there was no place else to put them.

These men, members of Erwin Rommel’s vaunted but humiliatingly defeated Afrika Korps, were among nearly 400,000 German POWs who were summarily shipped across the Atlantic, then dispersed to more ...

The U.S. hoped that if German POWs were treated humanely, Germany would reciprocate in its treatment of American prisoners.