Geneva conventions were a series of international treaties that ended, between 1864 and 1949 in Geneva, to make the results of war for soldiers and civilians better. German and Japanese Prisoner of War Camps are covered by the Geneva Conventions. The Geneva Convention was a treaty that only concerned wounded soldiers but eventually included others stuck in war who weren’t physically fighting in the war. The German and Japanese War Camps have a lot of similarities and differences.
The Third Geneva Convention, which was made in 1929, covers all members of the armed forces who fall into enemy hands. All prisoner of war must show respect at all times, be given medical care, be paid for any work they do, be given good food and clothing, be quickly …show more content…
Stalags is short for the German word Stammlager and Oflags was short for the German Offizier Lager. Oflags were German prisoner of war camps for officers and Stalags were for both officers and enlisted men. Most German prisoner of war camps were surrounded with barbed wire and had guard towers with armed German soldiers ready to shoot anyone who attempted to escape. Prisoners usually stayed/slept in a one story wooden barrack with bunk beds and a charcoal burning stove in the center of the room. In Japanese prisoner of war camps, they were for capture military personnel and civilians who had stayed in the East before the war started. Camps were surrounded with barbed wire of high wooden fences. Prisoners usually stayed in barracks and had mats to sleep …show more content…
For some Japanese war camps, they also killed about ten other prisoners as well, which is why escape attempts from the camps were typically rare. Failing to follow directions or instructions would usually end up in a beating. Majority of prisoners were put to work in mines, fields, shipyards, and factories. The daily routine of German prisoners of war depended on which camp you were at. Some men would work around the camp or in the locality. All prisoners were expected to parade at least once a day for roll-call. Tenko is the word that was given daily for roll-call in Japanese war camps. Prisoners were expected to call out their prisoner number in Japanese. Prisoners in Japan war camps were put on about a 600-calorie diet, while prisoners in German camps were given usually two meals a day which was a thin soup and black bread. Majority of prisoners in Japanese war camps barely survived on foods like green stew, meat or fish occasionally, barley, and seaweed stew. German prisoner of war camps usually got deliveries of Red Cross food parcels that contained butter, biscuits, fruits, vegetables, chocolate, and condensed milk. Red Cross parcels were not ever distributed to the Japanese prisoners of
The Third Geneva Convention, which was made in 1929, covers all members of the armed forces who fall into enemy hands. All prisoner of war must show respect at all times, be given medical care, be paid for any work they do, be given good food and clothing, be quickly …show more content…
Stalags is short for the German word Stammlager and Oflags was short for the German Offizier Lager. Oflags were German prisoner of war camps for officers and Stalags were for both officers and enlisted men. Most German prisoner of war camps were surrounded with barbed wire and had guard towers with armed German soldiers ready to shoot anyone who attempted to escape. Prisoners usually stayed/slept in a one story wooden barrack with bunk beds and a charcoal burning stove in the center of the room. In Japanese prisoner of war camps, they were for capture military personnel and civilians who had stayed in the East before the war started. Camps were surrounded with barbed wire of high wooden fences. Prisoners usually stayed in barracks and had mats to sleep …show more content…
For some Japanese war camps, they also killed about ten other prisoners as well, which is why escape attempts from the camps were typically rare. Failing to follow directions or instructions would usually end up in a beating. Majority of prisoners were put to work in mines, fields, shipyards, and factories. The daily routine of German prisoners of war depended on which camp you were at. Some men would work around the camp or in the locality. All prisoners were expected to parade at least once a day for roll-call. Tenko is the word that was given daily for roll-call in Japanese war camps. Prisoners were expected to call out their prisoner number in Japanese. Prisoners in Japan war camps were put on about a 600-calorie diet, while prisoners in German camps were given usually two meals a day which was a thin soup and black bread. Majority of prisoners in Japanese war camps barely survived on foods like green stew, meat or fish occasionally, barley, and seaweed stew. German prisoner of war camps usually got deliveries of Red Cross food parcels that contained butter, biscuits, fruits, vegetables, chocolate, and condensed milk. Red Cross parcels were not ever distributed to the Japanese prisoners of