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1. warfarehistorynetwork.com › american-athletesAmerican Athletes and Spectator Sports During World War II

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   Prisoners of war, no matter what their nationality, were usually able to obtain sports equipment and organize contests behind barbed wire. One British soldier, Len Murphy, a prisoner of the Germans, recalled, “One day quite a number of us were back in camp early and decided to have a game of football.

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2. www.nytimes.com › athletic › 1568173/2020/01What Notre Dame meant to one World War II POW - The Athletic

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   Jan 29, 2020 · Every prisoner received an identification number to wear, and when Tonelli saw his, he couldn’t believe it. It was 58, his number at Notre Dame. “Something seemed to go right through me,” he ...

3. ihl-databases.icrc.org › en › ihl-treatiesIHL Treaties - Geneva Convention (III) on Prisoners of War ...

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   In international armed conflicts since the Second World War, prisoners of war have generally been allowed to pursue a variety of sports, including gymnastics, volleyball, football, basketball, table tennis and hockey.

4. www.bbc.co.uk › history › ww2peopleswarBBC - WW2 People's War - Playing Soccer with the POWs

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   Apr 18, 2005 · For opposition we had the German prisoners of war and Italian prisoners of war to start with.

5. www.wlv.ac.uk › research › research-centresThe Match That (Probably) Never Was... - University of ...

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   Dec 31, 2010 · In December in an Eastern German camp, a German Guard regiment challenged British prisoners of war to a game of football; the guards were being defeated 27–0 when they stopped the game, only then learning these prisoners were Aston Villa's second team.

6. storymaps.arcgis.com › stories › 5c0cd037e9df4a6fbaThe Story of World War II and Football - ArcGIS StoryMaps

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   Dec 7, 2022 · In 1942, the NCAA began to promote its players for the armed forces by comparing the tradition and sport of college football to war. All of this resulted in thousands of college football players serving in the military and sacrificing their careers for the United States.

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   How did prisoners of war get sports equipment?

   • Prisoners of war, no matter what their nationality, were usually able to obtain sports equipment and organize contests behind barbed wire. One British soldier, Len Murphy, a prisoner of the Germans, recalled, “One day quite a number of us were back in camp early and decided to have a game of football.

   American Athletes and Spectator Sports During World War II

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   What sports can prisoners of war play?

   • In international armed conflicts since the Second World War, prisoners of war have generally been allowed to pursue a variety of sports, including gymnastics, volleyball, football, basketball, table tennis and hockey. Suitable spaces for such sports, such as open areas, fields and courts, were usually provided.

   Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva

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   What games can prisoners of war play?

   • Examples of games that prisoners of war in international armed conflicts since the Second World War have been allowed to play include chess, cards and dominoes. Equipment was sometimes provided by the Detaining Power or the ICRC, or in some cases items such as packs of cards could be bought in the canteen.

   Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva

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   What activities were prisoners of war entitled to undertake?

   • Second, the list of activities that prisoners of war were entitled to undertake was extended to include educational and recreational pursuits and games, in addition to intellectual activities and sports.

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   Why should prisoners participate in sports activities?

   • 2464  Besides the health benefits of physical exercise, participating in sports activities helps prisoners to create bonds and socialize.

   Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva

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   How did WWII affect sports?

   • The outbreak of war had a profound effect on the American sports scene. On July 8, 1942, eight months after Pearl Harbor, automobile and motorcycle racing were suspended entirely for the duration of the war due to gas and rubber rationing. Deferments from the military draft that began in early 1942 were few and far between.

   American Athletes and Spectator Sports During World War II

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8. commonreader.wustl.edu › c › football-assimilationFootball, Assimilation, and the Japanese-American Internment ...

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   Jun 28, 2024 · The Eagles of Heart Mountain by Bradford Pearson, published in 2021 by Atria Paperback, tells the history of Japanese-American incarceration during World War II through the experiences of several young men from California who went from local athletic heroes to prisoners of war in their own country in shockingly little time.