His screenwriting credits include the feature film envy plus almost two hundred hours of produced television credits ranging from the hugely successful and critically acclaimed Underbelly franchise to the iconic childrenâs television program, Play School.is screenwriting credits include the feature film envy plus almost two hundred hours of produced television credits ranging from the hugely successful and critically acclaimed Underbelly franchise to the iconic childrenâs television program, Play School.
Sixteen million Americans served in World War II. Of these, over 120,000 lived out part of the war behind barbed wire. In the European theater, 93,941 Americans were held as prisoners of war (POWs). These âKriegies,â short for Kriegsgefangener (German for POW) counted the days until liberation and created dream worlds for themselves inside the camps.
For Allied personnel held as POWs by Japan, see Prisoner of war#Empire of Japan. A group of Japanese captured during the Battle of Okinawa. It has been estimated that between 19,500 and 50,000 Japanese military personnel surrendered to Allied forces prior to the end of the Pacific War in August 1945.llied prisoner of war camps Edit. Japanese POWs held in Allied prisoner of war camps were treated in accordance with the Geneva Convention. By 1943 the Allied governments were aware that personnel who had been captured by the Japanese military were being held in harsh conditions.