History of the Captivity of the Second World War. Mongolian Military Prisoners and Internees in the Soviet Captivity, and Also the Prisoners of War of Kvantun Army in the Mongolia Territory
The article deals with the issues of the stay of Mongolian prisoners of war in the Soviet captivity, caught up here after the Second World War. Based on a wide range of different sources the authors consider various aspects of the capturing and captivity of citizens of Mongolia, caught up in Soviet captivity after World War II. Before the reader, real pictures of the attitude of the local population to the Red Army open up. The circumstances of the captivity of servicemen of various nationalities are revealed with reliance on archival sources. Authors give a general list of prisoners of war by nationality, caught up in Soviet captivity after World War II. In addition, here is a list of prisoners-of-war generals. The causes of deaths among the top commanders of the armies opposing the troops of the Red Army were also analyzed. The article emphasizes that all prisoners of war fell under the notion of “Japanese prisoners of war”, which sometimes led to the impossibility of identifying them by nationality.