{"id":56,"date":"2014-05-09T12:46:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T12:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/trenchbrothersteaching\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2014-09-10T11:42:24","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T11:42:24","slug":"16-prisoners-of-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/trenchbrothersteaching\/16-prisoners-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"18. Prisoners of War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-398\" alt=\"18. Prisoners of War_banner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/trenchbrothersteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/06\/18.-Prisoners-of-War_banner.png\" width=\"700\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/trenchbrothersteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/06\/18.-Prisoners-of-War_banner.png 700w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/trenchbrothersteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/06\/18.-Prisoners-of-War_banner-300x37.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">About 200,000 British, Empire, Commonwealth and Dominion soldiers were taken prisoner during the First World War. In theory, the Hague Convention guaranteed their humane treatment: in practice, it varied. Officers and private soldiers were imprisoned separately, and were put to work \u2018according to their rank and aptitude\u2019. For private soldiers this generally meant industry or agriculture. Official photographs make the camps seems very civilised, with libraries, theatres and even tennis courts. But <\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Vergeltungsl\u00e4ger <\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">or Prisoner of War Camps, were designed to punish prisoners and conditions in them were brutal. All of the camps suffered from limited food and medical care. To counteract this,\u00a0<\/span>Indian detainees in German prisoner-of-war camps played traditional village games, competed in three-legged races and exercised by swinging wrestling clubs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">In late 1915, the Ottoman Army besieged a British-Indian garrison in the town of Kut (100 miles south of Bagdad). In April 1916, the garrison surrendered and all the survivors were imprisoned in Aleppo. Around half of the 9,000 Indian troops taken prisoner died of disease or at the hands of their Ottoman guards whilst they were captive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_271\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/trenchbrothersteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/106565_thumb.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-271\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-271 \" alt=\"Officers at Mainz\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/trenchbrothersteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/106565_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/trenchbrothersteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/106565_thumb.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/trenchbrothersteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/106565_thumb-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Officers at Mainz<br \/>\u00a9 National Army Museum<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"info-box\" style=\"background-color: #e0e0eb\"><span class=\"box-icon\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/trenchbrothersteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/08\/Sher-Singh-Rana.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read about Sher Singh Rana, who was a prisoner of war.<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstworldwar.com\/photos\/prisoners.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Click here to view photos of Prisoners of War.<\/b><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 200,000 British, Empire, Commonwealth and Dominion soldiers were taken prisoner during the First World War. 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