New page: A '''Prisoner of War''' (POW) is a soldier captured by the other side and held as a prisoner, often for the purposes of interrogation or for a trade in prisoners. International agreements...
A '''Prisoner of War''' (POW) is a soldier captured by the other side and held as a prisoner, often for the purposes of interrogation or for a trade in prisoners.
International agreements have attempted to prohibit mistreatment of POWs, but have only had limited success.
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