Abstract During the American War of Independence, the revolutionaries captured thousands
of British and German soldiers. Focusing on common German soldiers, this case study …

This dissertation examines the lives and experiences of common German prisoners of war in
the American War of Independence. Little is known about these or other prisoners. Soldiers …

Americans are familiar with prisoner of war narratives that detail Allied soldiers' treatment at
the hands of Germans in World War II: popular books and movies like The Great Escape and …

Germany held a total of 92,965 American prisoners of war during the Second World War.
This dissertation uses archival materials and 101 interviews with former POWs and others …

At the outset of the American Revolution (April 1775), the revolutionaries were unprepared
for the challenges of civil war. How would they treat those Americans who remained loyal to …

Abstract In World War Two the United States faced enormous challenges to its future.
Collectively the responses of the American government and people to these challenges …

In the 1770s and 1780s as many as 40,000 German soldiers were hired to defend British
imperial interests on four continents. The vast majority—at least 30,000—saw service in …

The thirty thousand German soldiers who served with the British Army in the American
Revolution enabled the British to attempt to successfully wage war without affecting the …

During the American Revolution (1775–83), German auxiliary troops provided a vital
element of the British war effort. Some 30,000 German troops served in North America …

For Private Johann Conrad Döhla, October 19, 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia, brought defeat
and captivity. After a long and arduous campaign in the American South, he and his …