WORLD WAR I
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Question
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500, 000
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1, 000, 000
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250, 000
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850, 900
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Detailed explanation-1: -However Austrian historian Stefan Karner maintains that Soviet era documents indicate that 2.6 million prisoners were taken by the Soviets including 400, 000 civilians.
Detailed explanation-2: -Of the approximately 130, 000 American prisoners of war (POWs) in World War II (WWII), 27, 000 or more were held by Japan. Of the approximately 19, 000 American civilian internees held in WWII, close to 14, 000 were captured and interned by Japan.
Detailed explanation-3: -More than 170, 000 British prisoners of war (POWs) were taken by German and Italian forces during the Second World War.
Detailed explanation-4: -All in all, 2 million POWs returned from the Soviet Union. Biess argues that, in the immediate postwar period, there were indications that the Germans would be prepared to confront guilt, including Wehrmacht guilt.