Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity'
The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations
during World War I, 1914-1923.
by Kenneth Steuer

Table of Contents


Introduction
Chapter 1"Evangelizing the World" Chapter 2The American YMCA Mobilizes Chapter 3The U.S. and POW Responsibilities Chapter 4American YMCA POW Diplomacy Chapter 5Association Diplomacy Extends Chapter 6American Secretaries in Germany Chapter 7Expanding WPA Work in Germany Chapter 8"Keeping Body and Soul Together" Chapter 9Operations in Austria-Hungary Chapter 10Phildius Relief Work in Bulgaria Chapter 11Political Prisoners, Labor Detachments Chapter 12The United States Enters the War Chapter 13The Arrival of Neutral Secretaries Chapter 14POWs in Germany Chapter 15Allied Relief in the Ottoman Empire Chapter 16Armistice and Restoration of Service Chapter 17Post-War WPA Operations Chapter 18Countering the Bolshevik Threat Chapter 19Conclusion
Glossary Maps

Appendix A

Prison Camps

Media Index >> Appendix A: Prison Camps >> Turkey >> Shamrun

Turkish Prision Camps



Shamrun

SHAMRUN (SHAMRAN): This prison camp was located in the Vilayet of Baghdad in northern Irak-Arabi. The town was near Kut-al-Amara and one-hundred miles east of Baghdad. The Turks assembled British and Indian prisoners captured at Kut at Shamrun. Over 300 sick and wounded British POW's died at Shamrun in one week. The Turks separated the British officers from the enlisted and sent the officers by boat to Baghdad. The enlisted began their forced march across the Syrian Desert from Shamrun, which led to the deaths of a large number of the garrison from starvation, exhaustion, and thirst. The British recaptured Shamrun by March 1917.