prisoner of war
person who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict
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Summary
prisoner of war is a military casualty classification[1]. It draws 11,289 Wikipedia views per month (military casualty classification category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: role[3], group of humans[4]
- Main regulatory text: Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War[5]
- Subclass of: prisoner[6], casualty[7], legal status[8]
- Commons category: Prisoners of war[9]
- Has cause: captivity[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Prisoners of war[11]
- Commons gallery: Prisoner of war[12]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17], 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[18], Dresdner Hefte[19]
- Topic has template: Template:POW[20]
- Has characteristic: prisoner-of-war medal[21]
- Main Wikidata property: P1347[22]
- Different from: Jeniec (go)[23]
- Properties for this type: P4554[24]
- Female form of label: أسيرة حرب[25], prisonnière de guerre[26], militkaptitino[27], воена заробеничка[28], Kriegsgefangene[29], válečná zajatkyně[30], ваеннапалонная[31], vojna ujetnica[32], Krichsgefaangen[33], Krichsprisonéiesch[34]
- Male form of label: Krichsgefaangenen[35], Krichsprisonéier[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[37], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[38]
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Influence
Things named for prisoner of war include Mount POW/MIA[39], a mountain[40], in United States[41].
Why It Matters
prisoner of war has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 106 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for it include Mount POW/MIA[39], a mountain[40], in United States[41].