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German prisoners of war in the United States
Prisoners of War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Members of the German military were interned as prisoners of war in the United States during World War I and World War II. In all, 425,000 German prisoners lived in 700 camps throughout the United States during World War II.
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