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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1476721" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>North Korea and Vietnam were not signatory to the Geneva Convention, and furthermore in neither of those conflicts had "war" officially been declared. The Vietnamese in particular regarded captured American pilots as <em>terrorists</em> rather than POW's since they bombed Vietnamese cities and killed Vietnamese civilians without the declaration of war that would have afforded them POW status in the first place.</p><p></p><p>As far as WWII goes, the Germans and Italians were signatory to the Geneva Convention so for the most part Allied POWS were treated in accordance with the rules since Germany and Italy wanted their own POW's to be treated the same way in return. The Russians and Japanese were <em>not</em> signatory to the convention, which is why the survival rate for POW's in their captivity was so low. This is also why the Germans treated Russian POW's far worse than they treated American, British and Commonwealth POW's; the entire system depends upon the ability of neutral observers to inspect POW camps on both sides and report back to each side how its POW's are being treated by the other side in order to motivate both sides to follow the rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1476721, member: 14668"] North Korea and Vietnam were not signatory to the Geneva Convention, and furthermore in neither of those conflicts had "war" officially been declared. The Vietnamese in particular regarded captured American pilots as [I]terrorists[/I] rather than POW's since they bombed Vietnamese cities and killed Vietnamese civilians without the declaration of war that would have afforded them POW status in the first place. As far as WWII goes, the Germans and Italians were signatory to the Geneva Convention so for the most part Allied POWS were treated in accordance with the rules since Germany and Italy wanted their own POW's to be treated the same way in return. The Russians and Japanese were [I]not[/I] signatory to the convention, which is why the survival rate for POW's in their captivity was so low. This is also why the Germans treated Russian POW's far worse than they treated American, British and Commonwealth POW's; the entire system depends upon the ability of neutral observers to inspect POW camps on both sides and report back to each side how its POW's are being treated by the other side in order to motivate both sides to follow the rules. [/QUOTE]
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