PoW

since 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 21:33 UTC

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2 days ago

From apathy to celebration – how four people lived VE Day in 1945

found 2025 › May › 08 (Thu) @ 04:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

While some were relishing their first hot meal after five years as PoW, others struggled to rejoice in celebrations

After nearly six years of hardship, people poured out on the streets in celebration …

24 days ago

‘We were all in it together’: Jacob Elordi on his wartime epic The Narrow Road to the Deep North

found 2025 › Apr › 15 (Tue) @ 15:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The Saltburn and Priscilla star talks about his first Australian lead role and the physical costs of playing a PoW on the Burma-Thailand railway

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60 days ago

Scotland's 'forgotten golfer': From PoW to sporting icon

found 2025 › Mar › 10 (Mon) @ 12:54 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

A new 'immersive' experiences aims to remind people of the achievements of a great Scottish golfer.

3 months ago

Ukraine war briefing: Power cuts after ‘massive’ Russian missile strike

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 07:07 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Australia summons Russian ambassador over PoW’s reported death; Lavrov says open for discussions with Trump. What we know on day 1,057

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Ukraine war briefing: Australia summons Russian ambassador over PoW’s reported death

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 05:55 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Lavrov says open for discussions with Trump; Moscow pledges retaliation for one of Ukraine’s biggest drone attacks. What we know on day 1,057

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4 months ago

The WWII prisoner who became a panto dame... and then hated it: Photos show British PoW performing in drag at German camp - but he feared becoming 'typecast' and threatened to go on strike

found 2024 › Dec › 19 (Thu) @ 13:30 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Captain John Dixon was captured at Dunkirk and spent the whole of the Second World War in a PoW camp in Germany. Stage productions were regularly put on by the men to keep up morale.

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