Can POWs Win the War?

Can POWs Win the War?

Description:

Fifteen-thousand Russian prisoners of war line up for a meal in Augustowo, in Russian Poland. The feeding and care of millions of Allied POW's placed a tremendous strain on the German war economy. The author suggests that the burden of feeding millions of Entente POWs would help the Allies win the war.

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Hamilton Holt, ed., From the First Shot: A Picture History of the Great War, New York: Independent Corporation, 1918, 190.

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