Disarmed Enemy Forces
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Disarmed Enemy Forces is a designation for captive enemy soldiers. It was most referenced by Dwight D. Eisenhower's redesignation of POW's in post World War II occupied Germany. The purpose of the designation is to circumvent the Geneva Convention, Relative to the treatment of prisoners of war. The prisoners were redesignated as POWs in March 1946.
[edit] See also
- Debellatio
- Eisenhower and German POWs
- Surrendered Enemy Personnel
- Japanese Surrendered Personnel
- Prisoner of War
- Combatant
- Unlawful combatant
- Laws of war
- Prisoner-of-war camp
[edit] External links
- Ike's Revenge? Time Magazine Monday, Oct. 2, 1989
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