I heard or read somewhere that the Cabanatuan raid was the only or nearly the only successful prisoner liberation in US miiltary history. I wonder if any history buffs out there had a view about that. I seem to recall that the claim weighed loss of life against results somehow.
shareIt was in the sense that the camp was liberated while still in firmly held enemy territory. Other camps were liberated, but not in the same manner as this particular camp.
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There was also the Los Banos raid.
shareThe American Civil War - pre 07/25/61 - was about liberating prisoners from the clutches of their captors.
Was it not a successful campaign?
No, you are confusing slaves with prisoners-of-war. There were no prisoners of war in vast POW camps prior to the start of the Civil War.
I was responding to the original poster's stance regarding 'prisoners and liberation'.
(Thanks for the update on vast POW camps existing pior to the start of WW2 though, The UK shipped a number of Italians out to the Isle of Man at the beginning of hostilities - I will look more into it)
Much legislation was passed throughout the Civil War campaign to improve the 'to arms rallying cry', outlawing secession (including peaceful) being the overwhelming catalystm in the majority of border states. Conscription numbers for the Unionist forces were directly affected by how congress played with the legality of 'right and wrong'.