Prisoner of war
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prisoner-of-war-187-2081576
title:
Prisoner of war
text:
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold prisoners of war in custody for a range of legitimate and illegitimate reasons, such as isolating them from the enemy combatants still in the field, demonstrating military victory, punishing them, prosecuting them for war crimes, exploiting them for their labour, recruiting o
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Military term for a captive of the enemy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner_of_war
date created:
2002-01-01T16:16:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T06:08:02Z
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