Capture

If you had to be captured by one of the big powers, who would it be? (assuming you were the enemy to that power)

 

Wrong forum once again. This forum is about WEAPONS. This is more of a "What If?" or WWII General question. And you left off the USSR. Perhaps a Mod will move it to the appropriate Forum

 

He left Romania out too. Romania is bigger than Italy and has more oil.

 

lol oops

 

Dont mind answering these type of things, just wander what you get from it?

Being Brit Im not likely to want to be a prisoner of Japanese knowing history. Germans or Italians then...I'm bound to opt for Italians and hope for a less authoritarian regime overlooking my life or death in captivity.

Again what does this do apart from show no allies opting for Japanese I bet...Or Germans not opting for Russians...I think its pretty obvious who you would opt for taking into account you actually get a choice, dependant on your nationality.

Personally I choose the Swiss.

 

I guess Switzerland would be ok as long as I wasn't put into Straflager Wauwilermoos.

http://www.ww2f.com/battle-europe/22184-swiss-neutrality.html

 

I wouldn't mind being interned in the Seychelles.

 

The worst must be: wearing SS on your collar and being arrested by the Red Army...I guess..

 

well I never knew that......blimey...changed me mind....can I go to Ireland....My dad was Irish even though in RN....Ive got Irish surname...will they imprison me or shoot me for treason....OK...can I just go to Portugal and lay on beach...

 

Being a German prisoner in Sweden wouldn't be good either BTW. They were turned over to the Soviets after the war .

 

This is all good stuff Jc, I never knew that either.....How did they get away with that one. Surely as a neutral they were under obligation to return all internees to their own country....Then again...Russia was at the door.....

 

Thanks. Does make some kind of sense .

"In case of the aircrew, this hand over to the Soviets of course had some tragic consequences as they ended up in the Soviet war prison camp system. In total 2372 German service personnel and 146 from the Baltic States were handed over to the Soviets in December 1945 and January 1946."

http://www.ww2f.com/weapons-wwii/22804-aircraft-brought-down-neutral-countries-4.html#post346801

 

Just shows you what you miss if you dont read all the threads on this site. I went past that one. I have to get off pc occasionally when wife walks past, or I'd be on this place all day.

Thanks for that. Never knew any of that.

 

My pleasure . I do sometimes post some good info .

 

Being captured by the Canadians? and Being German. I never heard any bad stories about them torturing people.

 

Torture? What are you talking about decoder?
OK, are you saying that everyone else with the exception of Canada tortured prisoners?

 

There are a few threads discussing how POWS were treated by the various countries during the war. My thread about mess kits and rations has information on what they were fed and sometimes how they were treated.

http://www.ww2f.com/weapons-wwii/22315-wwii-rations-mess-kits.html

 

No I did not say that what I mean is, Canada is not on the list but if I was to be captured by a natinoality I wouldnt mind it being By the Canadian Army I never really heard anything bad about how they treated prisoners.

 

Decoder I get that, but dont get that if your American why your making the choice of being captured by allies...I guess Im reading the original thread opener wrong.