Prisoners of war

Captured American soldiers, being led by German soldiers, are marched through muddy roads in an unknown town in Belgium, with a church in the background. All are unidentified. From a group of captured German photographs.

American prisoners being marched through the streets of a town in Belgium. All are unidentified. From a group of captured German photographs.

American prisoners of war are marched along a road in the rain by German soldiers. Somewhere near Poteau or Honsfeld, Belgium, with a church in the background. All are unidentified. From a group of captured German photographs.

Near Drontheim, Norway, German troops marching with 20 English prisoners. All are unidentified. From a series of captured German photographs.

Near Vitebsk, Belarus, unidentified German troops taking combat prisoners. From a series of captured German photographs.

A United States soldier guarding German prisoners in an enclosure located near Remagen, Germany. The German prisoners were captured while fighting in Germany's Ruhr pocket.

Sergeant Charles J. Ten Barges of Haubstadt, Indiana, guards a German prisoner during the Battle of the Bulge.

A German prisoner of war, taken near Butgenbach, Belgium by soldiers of the 26th Division, First Army, United States Army, during the Battle of the Bulge.

Soviet tommy gunner and Japanese P.O.W. at a former aircraft plant now being converted to an automobile and truck repair plant in Pyongyang. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Koreans cheer MacArthur for releasing prisoners from Japanese jails. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).