“For the 417,034 Axis prisoners of war in this country, the War Department last week had word that repatriation was in sight. The 362,170 Germans and 49,784 Italians definitely would be home by early Spring; the 5,080 Japanese, as soon as General of the Army MacArthur was ready to receive them.”
KEY WORDS: German POWs Returned to Germany 1945,Italian POWs Returned to Italy 1945,ww2 Fascist prisoners of war returned to their homelands Spring 1945,provost marshall general’s office of the united states army released axis pows to their lands of origin 1945
