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  2. Prisoner of War (video game) - Wikipedia

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    Prisoner of War was a nominee for PC Gamer US ' s "2002 Best Adventure Game" award, which ultimately went to Syberia. [17] The PC Gameplay Magazine regarded the game as "The most unique game of 2002".

  3. P.O.W.: Prisoners of War - Wikipedia

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    [1] A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System on June 30, 1989, in Japan and in September in North America. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The game takes place during the Cold War where the player or players control a duo of military prisoners who break free from their cell to relentlessly fight their way into the main base of their ...

  4. German atrocities committed against prisoners of war during ...

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    During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, Nazi Germany carried out a number of atrocities involving Polish prisoners of war (POWs). The first documented massacres of Polish POWs took place as early as the first day of the war; [2]: 11 others followed (ex. the Serock massacre of 5 September).

  5. Soviet atrocities committed against prisoners of war during ...

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    One of the Soviet Union's earliest and largest crimes against prisoners of war occurred in the aftermath of the invasion. After the fighting ended, the Soviet Union ended up with several hundred thousands of Polish prisoners of war. Some escaped, were transferred to German custody, or released, but 125,000 were imprisoned in camps run by the ...

  6. Massacre at Ayyadieh - Wikipedia

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    The most important sources written during or shortly after the events are: The al-Nawādir al-Sultaniyya wa'l-Maḥāsin al-Yūsufiyya ("Anecdotes of the Sultan and Virtues of Yusuf", in 2001 translated by D. S. Richards as The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin), an Arabic biography of Saladin written by the Kurdish chronicler Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad who served in Saladin's camp and was an ...

  7. Ernest Gordon - Wikipedia

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    Ernest Gordon (31 May 1916 – 16 January 2002) was the former Presbyterian dean of the chapel at Princeton University.A native of Greenock, Scotland, and the son of James Gordon and Sarah R MacMillan, as an officer in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Gordon spent three years in a Japanese prisoner of war (POW) camp during the Second World War.

  8. Everett Alvarez Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Everett Alvarez Jr. (born December 23, 1937) is a retired United States Navy officer who endured one of the longest periods as a prisoner of war (POW) in U.S. military history. Alvarez was the first U.S. pilot to be shot down and detained during the Vietnam War and spent over eight years in captivity , making him the second longest-held U.S ...

  9. Shoshana Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Shoshana "Shana" Nyree Johnson (born January 18, 1973) is a Panamanian-born former United States soldier, and the first black female prisoner of war in the military history of the United States. [1] Johnson was a Specialist of the U.S. Army 507th Maintenance Company , 5/52 ADA BN , 11th ADA Brigade.