| Description |
x, 198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The historical background -- British-German exchanges -- US-German exchanges -- German exchanges -- Jewish-German exchanges -- The Zamzam affair -- The channel islanders -- British-Italian exchanges -- The French -- Red Cross parcels for camps on Mainland Europe -- Re-employment of repatriates -- Selection for repatriates -- Education and other support -- Japan - the first US exchange -- The second US-Japanese exchange -- British-Japanese exchange -- Relief supplies to prisoners-of-war and civilian internees in the Far East -- The sinking of the Awa Maru -- Postal services to and from Japanese-controlled territories: 1942-1945 -- Failed attempts -- Conclusion -- Appendixes: A. The convention of 27 May 1929 relative to the treatment of prisoners-of war -- B. Geneva convention 1929: annex to article 68. model agreement concerning direct repatriation of prisoners-of-war for reasons of health |
| Summary |
Researching in the British National Archives at Kew, David Miller chanced upon a file on a United States-Japanese prisoner of war exchange at Laurenco Marques in 1942. Further investigation led to the discovery that throughout World War II the Allied and Axis governments remained in contact through third parties in order to achieve humanitarian ends. The exchange of wounded prisoners of war, or protected persons such as medical personnel and priests, and of civilian internees, involved detailed negotiations, careful planning and coordination, and the movement of protected mercy ships and trains through war zones. Even when the violence was at its height, and after Pearl Harbor and the fall of Singapore, there were exchanges between America and Japan, and between the UK and Japan |
| Notes |
"The untold story of prisoner-of-war exchanges in World War II"--Cover |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [189]-190 |
| Subject |
Prisoners of war -- Japan.
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Prisoners of war -- United States.
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Prisoners of war.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons.
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| LC no. |
2008298909 |
| ISBN |
9781852855727 |
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