prisoner of war status
1Prisoner of war — POW redirects here. For other uses, see POW (disambiguation). A prisoner of war (POW, PoW, PW, P/W, WP, PsW) or enemy prisoner of war (EPW) is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately …
2Prisoner-of-war camp — A prisoner of war camp is a site for the containment of enemy combatants captured by the enemy in time of war, and is similar to an internment camp which is used for civilian populations. A prisoner of war is generally a soldier, sailor, or… …
3Prisoner of War Medal — Stifter: Kongresses Stiftungsjahr: 1985 Bandschnalle Trageweise: am Ban …
4prisoner of war — a person who is captured and held by an enemy during war, esp. a member of the armed forces. Abbr.: POW [1670 80] * * * ▪ international law (pow, or Pw), any person captured or interned by a belligerent power during war. In the strictest… …
5Prisoner of War Medal — Infobox Military Award name=Prisoner of War Medal caption= awarded by= United States of America type= Medal eligibility= Military Personnel, US Civilian Nationals Fact|date=April 2007 for= The Prisoner of War Medal may be awarded to any person… …
6Prisoner Of War — Zug deutscher Kriegsgefangener durch die Ruinen der Stadt Aachen – Oktober 1944 Ein Kriegsgefangener ist ein Kombattant (im allgemeinen Soldat) oder ein bestimmter Nichtkombattant, der von einer gegnerischen Streitmacht während eines bewaffneten… …
7Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office — The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO), as part of the United States Department of Defense, reports to the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy through the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs). DPMO …
8war, law of — Introduction that part of international law dealing with the inception, conduct, and termination of warfare. Its aim is to limit the suffering caused to combatants and, more particularly, to those who may be described as the victims of war… …
9War and Peace — This article is about the Tolstoy novel. For other uses, see War and Peace (disambiguation). War and Peace   …
10Timeline of the Irish War of Independence — This is a timeline of the Irish War of Independence (or the Anglo Irish War[1]) of 1919–1921. The Irish War of Independence was a guerrilla conflict and most of the fighting was conducted on a small scale by the standards of conventional warfare …
