Photo of Jean Cauchy arriving at Bournemouth, England, after his release as pris ...
5576 x 4455
Many Canadians, including soldiers at Dieppe in 1942, downed airmen over Europe, and infantrymen at Hill 187 in Korea were taken as prisoners of war during combat action. POWs’ lives had many different elements, some troublesome, others more lighthearted. This collection provides insight into POWs’ experiences during the Second World War and Korean War.
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Photograph of Jean Cauchy, the day after his return from Germany, following a go ...
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Photograph of Jean-Paul Dallain, taken in Japan, 1943.
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Postcard to No. 138 Seaman Francis Edison Yeadon from his mother, received durin ...
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Gerald James is pictured here in a Tank suit soon after his liberation by Americ ...
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Prisoner of War notification, April 13, 1945.
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Armand Émond, on left, with fellow Prisoners of War, René Cardinal and Roland ...
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Green Beach, Pourville, France. Theodore Bennett landed at this beach on 19 Aug ...
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Green Beach, Pourville, France. Theodore Bennett landed at this beach on 19 Aug ...
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Green Beach, Pourville, France. Theodore Bennett landed at this beach on 19 Augu ...
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Green Beach, Pourville, France. Theodore Bennett landed at this beach on 19 Augu ...
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Photo from Stalag 8B. Theodore Bennett is top row, third from the left.
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Photo from Stalag 8B. Theodore Bennett is top row, third from the left.
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David Seager and Japanese POWs as his work crew. Photograph taken in Bangkok, Si ...
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Fragment of a letter that Emile Thibault wrote to his brother Andre Thibault on ...
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Mr. Szklarz's Prison Uniform from Strasbourg, June 1940. During his imprisonment ...
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Italian submarine gave itself up at Aden for lack of oil. Note the Aden rock in ...
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Notice issued by German authorities to all prison camps after the Great Escape o ...
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Photocopy of Telegram to Al Wallace's Mother, which notified her that her son h ...
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Photo of Allan Smith after his arrival at Stalag Luft III on October 21, 1944. ...
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14 POW Camp in Zuildlaren, Holland in Father Greene's wartime scrapbook.
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German U Boat U-889, in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, after VE day in 1945. The ...
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Liberated POWs on a boat from Manilla to Makassar, Indonesia, September 30, 1945 ...
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1946, having been liberated, Mr. Franken marches with the Dutch Navy Airforce.
2000 x 1350