Prisoner of War camps are used during war to keep soldiers from opposing sides if they were captured at some point during a war. POW camps during WWII were extremely brutal against the captured and showed them no mercy during their time there. If a soldier was captured and taken to a POW camp they were recorded as missing or dead. Many prisoners went through high demanding work and were tortured in these camps, with little to no food and horrendous living conditions, these men were living like animals. Louis Zamperini was an Olympic athlete and soldier who went through these camps during WWII and lived to tell stories about his experience there. Prisoners were put through many hours of rigorous work whether it was rain or shine. Depending
