Disarmed Enemy Forces (DEF, less commonly, Surrendered Enemy Forces) is a US designation for soldiers who surrender to an adversary after hostilities...
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German prisoners that had fled the Eastern front were designated as "Disarmed Enemy Forces" in order to avoid recognition under the Geneva Convention (1929)...
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Surrendered Enemy Personnel (SEP) is a designation for captive enemy soldiers (similar to Disarmed Enemy Forces). It was most commonly used by British forces towards...
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until September 1945. Prisoners held in the camps were designated disarmed enemy forces, not prisoners of war. This decision was made in March 1945 by SHAEF...
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September 1945. Prisoners held in the Allied camps were designated Disarmed Enemy Forces, not the Prisoners of War. This specific designation was introduced...
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Poland Diesel exhaust fluid, or DEF, also known as AdBlue or AUS 32 Disarmed Enemy Forces, or DEF Diethylformamide, an organic solvent Mos Def, a rap artist...
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Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Disarmed Enemy Forces Lawful enemy combatant Unlawful combatant al-Marri v. Spagone (2009) Enemy Combatant (book) "The relevance...
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Prisoner of war (redirect from Enemy prisoner of war)
of Axis soldiers surrendered, the US created the designation of Disarmed Enemy Forces (DEF) so as not to treat prisoners as POWs. A lot of these soldiers...
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Saarland, Pfalz, and Rhine provinces, where it processed Axis POWs, Disarmed Enemy Forces and Displaced Persons. After V-E Day, Fifteenth Army's task was...
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of Dachau, and the designation of surrendered German soldiers as Disarmed Enemy Forces under General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The film has been promoted by...
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of victor's justice. Law portal Combatant Status Review Tribunal Disarmed Enemy Forces Might makes right Philosophy of History, on the assertion that history...
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(see Treaty of Trianon and Treaty of Saint Germain) South Vietnam Disarmed Enemy Forces Laws of war Legal status of Germany Total war War termination Benvenisti...
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Outline of war (section Ancient China and its enemies)
Operations research Articles of War Civilian Internee Defence minister Disarmed Enemy Forces Fog of war Geneva Convention Illegal combatant Italian military...
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its status as "protecting power" and POWs were reclassified as "Disarmed Enemy Forces" to circumvent recognition under the Geneva Convention. Bacque argued...
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published in 1966. Disarmed Enemy Forces Surrendered Enemy Personnel Connor 2010, pp. 395–398. Andrew Roadnight (2002), "Sleeping with the Enemy: Britain, Japanese...
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Declaration Military Governor, U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany Disarmed Enemy Forces European Advisory Commission Supreme Commander of NATO, 1951-1952...
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Declaration Military Governor, U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany Disarmed Enemy Forces European Advisory Commission Supreme Commander of NATO, 1951-1952...
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arms embargo. Disarmed Enemy Forces Civilian Internee "Profile: Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil". BBC. February 9, 2002. Retrieved 2007-07-01. An Enemy We Created:...
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War II came to an end, local admirers of the Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe, such as Charles L. Brainard, decided to honor Eisenhower with...
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May 1945 had provided only for the military capitulation of German armed forces, the German signatories being representatives of the German High Command...
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protection of the 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War) as Disarmed Enemy Forces (allegedly unprotected by the 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners...
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[better source needed] Over the years, she has served on many other government task forces. In 2000, she was appointed by United States Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson...
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Feldjägerkorps (category Police forces of Nazi Germany)
of the US Army in order to maintain discipline among the German Disarmed Enemy Forces. Feldjägerkommando finally and formally surrendered its arms to...
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Feldgendarmerie (category Police forces of Nazi Germany)
allowed to keep their weapons by the Allies because of the number of Disarmed Enemy Forces that required guarding and processing. For example, the British...
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as Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in command of the Allied forces in north west Europe. Summersby and Eisenhower spent a significant amount...
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of food aid to prisoners of war in the US occupation zone. (see Disarmed Enemy Forces).... The first point in the US directive for the supply of food...
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Declaration Military Governor, U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany Disarmed Enemy Forces European Advisory Commission Supreme Commander of NATO, 1951-1952...
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surrendered Axis Forces personnel. Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) reclassified all prisoners as Disarmed Enemy Forces, not POWs (prisoners...
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He reclassified German prisoners of war (POWs) in US custody as Disarmed Enemy Forces (DEFs), who were no longer subject to the Geneva Convention. Eisenhower...
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the Dark Side The Lucifer Effect Criticism of the war on terror Disarmed Enemy Forces (redesignation of POWs after WWII to avoid having to obey international...
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