Differences Between Japanese And German War Camps

The Australian prisoners of Japanese war camps, during WWII, were treated worse than the prisoners in German war camps. The 2nd World War started in 1939 when France and Britain declared war on Germany after Germany invaded Poland. The leader of Germany was Adolf Hitler and the the leader of japan was Hidiki Jojo. The main topics will be How were the prisoners in German war camps treated?, How were the prisoners in Japanese war camps treated?, What is the difference between the camps? What were the terms of the Geneva Convention? Some sub-topics will be what did the Japanese war camps do that the Germans didn't do, and vise-versa, and who signed and didn't sign the Geneva Convention?

The prisoners in Japanese war camps were treated horribly and the camps had a large number of prisoners. In the Japanese camps there were over 140,000 white prisoners. These war camps were found in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Japanese controlled countries. The camps were homes for the soldiers and civilians who had lived in the vicinity before the war took place. The prisoners were mats for sleeping and stayed in barracks. 61,000 prisoners were forced to work on the rail road. Prisoners also worked in the mines, fields, shipyards and factories. 13,000 of the rail road workers died. One in three prisoners
Some similarities are that neither camp applied all or any terms of the Geneva Convention. Both countries held Australians captive. Another similarity is that the prisoners were given minimal food and items considered luxuries. There are also many differences such as both camps received Red Cross packages but only the Germans distributed them, compared to the Japanese camps who keep them to them selves or disposed of them. Also in Japanese camps all men were forced to work but in the German camps the men didn't have to work. The prisoners of German camps could play sport to sit in their