The earliest recorded usage of the phrase prisoner of war dates back to 1610 A prisoner of war (pow) is an individual held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately following an armed conflict [a] belligerents hold prisoners of war for a range of reasons.
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The earliest recorded usage of the phrase “prisoner of war” dates to 1660.
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A ukrainian court has found a russian soldier guilty of killing a ukrainian prisoner of war in a january 2024 incident and sentenced him to life in prison, in the first ruling of its kind. Prisoner of war (pow), any person captured or interned by a belligerent power during war In the strictest sense it is applied only to members of regularly organized armed forces, but by broader definition it has also included guerrillas, civilians who take up arms against an enemy openly, or noncombatants associated with a military force. Provides interviews, documentaries, biographies, memoirs, and factual information on the us prisoner of war experience in southeast asia.