POWs

Colditz captives including (third left) the famous escapee Pat Reid.

Second World War

Ben McIntyre on Colditz: "The reality of Colditz is much more interesting than the black-and-white moral fable"

The untold story of India’s WW2 prisoners of war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Italian prisoners of war being escorted under armed guard to work on a farm, September 1941. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Second World War

Prisoners of war in Britain during WW2: where were they held?

Prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

5 myths of the Second World War's Great Escape. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Australian PoWs in a camp at the Sumatran city of Pekanbaru, c1945. More than 80,000 forced labourers, including PoWs, died during the construction of Sumatran railway, most the victims of disease, starvation and maltreatment. (Photo by State Library of Victoria)

The Sumatran Railway: the forgotten death railway. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prisoners of war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The British soldiers who fought for Germany in the world wars. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Death camp Britons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A British major pictured in German captivity

"How I fell captive to the Germans": the experience of First World War PoWs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III. Famous for being the location of the ‘Great Escape’, it was home to Ron Last for ten months. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The long road home. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.