Between 1942 and 1946, the U.S. government constructed around 700 POW camps on U.S. soil, housing around 400,000 captured enemy soldiers. But what were the conditions like there?

We're all familiar with the haunting images of the concentration camps of World War II. But the history of those concentration camps extends back to the late 19th. century and the invention of barbed wire and repeating rifle [see...

Life on a Prison Ship during the War of 1812.

This is the untold story of the US servicemen and women held as prisoners of war.

VS Japanese Prisoner of War, POW, at opening of cave appealing to Japanese troops to surrender / VS US Marines throwing in smoke grenades, firing rifles / Various Japanese soldiers being pulled out of rubble, fortifications, surrendering...

MS Norwegian soldiers, holding gun on German Nazi official on street HA MS Blindfolded Nazi officer lead onboard ship MS Blindfolded Nazi soldiers.

MOT 1944: German prisoners and bodies of dead soldiers.

United States Marines advancing on rocky terrain toward final Japanese fortifications in the North, firing shoulder rocket launcher, explosion, others firing rifles into caves / United States Marines surrounding cave of Japanese...

At a time when Apache men and women followed specific gender roles, Lozen defied convention – to become one of the finest warriors in the tribe's history.

Camp Sumter, also known as Andersonville prison, housed 45,000 captured Union soldiers during the Civil War. Conditions at Andersonville were so horrific that 13,000 soldiers perished, many from overcrowding, starvation, and exposure....

Ed Carter-Edwards returns to Buchenwald where he was held as a prisoner of war and haunted by what he saw.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Russian Defense Ministry have confirmed the exchange.

From P.G. Wodehouse's typewriter in a Polish camp to hidden maps in a deck of cards, the exhibition unveils captivating stories of wartime resilience and creativity.

Russia and Ukraine have swapped 103 prisoners of war from each side in a deal mediated by the UAE.

/ Story of Corporal Alfred Jolley / American POWs at Cabanatuan prison camp / scenes from inside the prison camp / eating, playing cards, taking medicine, cutting hair / POWs served rice for meals / POWs working around the camp to...

/ General Dwight Eisenhower shakes hands with soldiers / German soldiers walk past troops with their hands raised in surrender / wounded on stretchers on front of car / prisoners of war marching in a line in Normandy. D-Day: prisoners of...

/ President Bush at podium / map graphic of Iraq & Kuwait / POWs / Colin Powell speaking. Gulf War update on March 04, 1991 in Washington, DC (Footage by Getty Images)

/ Story of Corporal Alfred Jolley / children wave stars and stripes at passing military parade / soldiers waving at the crowd smiling / Jolley walking down the street in his uniform / Jolley in front of his old high school / Jolley looks...

/ Story of Corporal Alfred Jolley / a bombed out ship with the word 'CROCKETT' on the side / Japanese propaganda video showing clean orderly hospital beds for sick American POWs / fake images from around the American POW camp showing...

Men working the land just outside the Mauthausen concentration camp / CU of local men getting ready to push a wagon / locals dig giant hole in the field / aerial view of concentration camp / people walking around the makeshift refugee...

At the fence line of the concentration camp / soldier looking at shower fixtures / CU of dead woman lying on the ground / young woman laughing / survivors sitting up in bed clapping / two camp inmates hold up another man as he tries to...

Onomatopoeia animations. Cartoon exclamation explosions. Cartoon-sounds like: Bang! Ka-baam! Bash! Crash! Blam! Pow!

Auschwitz II Birkenau extermination camp on November 15, 2014 in Oswiecim, Poland. Ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by Soviet soldiers are due to take place on January 27, 2015. Auschwitz was a...

Auschwitz II Birkenau extermination camp on November 15, 2014 in Oswiecim, Poland. Ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by Soviet soldiers are due to take place on January 27, 2015. Auschwitz was a...