NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Disarmed Enemy Forces

Disarmed Enemy Forces is a designation for captive enemy soldiers. Most referenced by Dwight D. Eisenhower's redesignation of POW's in post WWII occupied Germany.

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Surrendered Enemy Personnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (98 words)
	Surrendered Enemy Personnel is a designation for captive enemy soldiers (similar to Disarmed Enemy Forces).
	Most commonly used by British Forces towards German forces in Europe, and towards Japanese and associated forces in Asia after the end of WWII.
	The purpose of the designation is to circumvent the Geneva Convention, Relative to the treatment of prisoners of war.

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