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Prisoner of War Camps in Japan Quickquiz

 You have 60 seconds to answer true or false to the questions below:

1. There were more than 140,000 allied prisoners of war in Japan.
2. Prisoners were both military and civilian personnel.
3. The Japanese often ignored the terms of the Geneva Convention.
4. Prisoners that tried to escape were put in cells.
5. Prisoners were housed in barracks.
6. Japanese guards spoke good English.
7. Morning roll call was called tempo.
8. Most prisoners had to work for the Japanese.
9. Prisoners regularly received Red Cross parcels.
10. Thousands of prisoners died building the Thailand-Burma railway.

 

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