A Study Of Allied Prisoner Of War Camps In Tokyo During World War Ⅱ

As one of the large POW camps set up by the Japanese army in Japan during World War II,the Tokyo Allied POW Camp was established from September 12,1942 to July 20,1945,and was mainly used to hold British,American,and other Allied POWs captured by the Japanese army in Southeast Asia.Based on the current academic research results,the article first collects and organizes the collections of the National Public Library of Japan,the Japanese Diplomatic History Museum,and the Defense Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of Japan,and then combines the online resources of the POW Research Association of Japan and the Allied POW Research Center of the United States to restore the original appearance of the Japanese POW camp in Tokyo during World War II using reliable historical materials as much as possible,and to explore the actual lives of the Allied POWs in the camp.The article discusses the actual lives of the Allied prisoners of war in the camps and makes an objective assessment of the behavior of the Japanese.The article focuses on the following aspects.The first part of the article is a review of the relevant scholarship.The first part summarizes the relevant academic achievements at home and abroad,briefly describes the relevant academic results,and summarizes the shortcomings of the previous studies,and then elaborates on the significance,main research contents,and innovations of the article.The second part outlines the background of the establishment of the Japanese Allied POW camp in Tokyo.It discusses the outbreak of the Pacific War,the capture of Allied POWs by the Japanese army,the formation of the Japanese POW management system,and the series of events that led to the establishment of domestic and foreign POW camps by the Japanese army.In the third part,the preliminary discussion of the Allied POW camps in Tokyo is discussed.This section examines the establishment of the Allied POW camps in Tokyo,the number of staff in the Allied POW camps in Tokyo,the facilities and dispatching agencies in the Allied POW camps in Tokyo,and the changes in the number of POWs held in the Allied POW camps in Tokyo.In the fourth section,an in-depth study of the Allied POW camps in Tokyo is presented.It examines and analyzes the life of POWs in Allied POW camps in Tokyo,including: food and housing conditions of POWs,recreational activities of POWs,labor life of POWs,medical treatment and death of POWs,and relief by the International Committee of the Red Cross.Finally,an objective evaluation of the Allied POW camps in Tokyo is presented.It first discusses the post-war transportation of POWs back home from the Allied POW camps in Tokyo,then analyzes the mistreatment of POWs in the Allied POW camps in Tokyo in the context of the Yokohama trial,and finally provides an objective evaluation of the Allied POW camps in Tokyo.