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Originally Posted by ArmySGT.
With civilian governments standing on shaky ground some nations with "Governments in exile" others relocating frequently due to security concerns, and an inability to maintain embassies due to capitals getting nuked......... how are these State level talks being arranged or even occurring?
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Originally Posted by ArmySGT.
How are you going to exchange them without the transportation to move them?
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That's why I imagine most pow exchanges would happen on the local level, not actually between governments. The pows would be marched to the exchange site.
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Originally Posted by ArmySGT.
How are you going to feed them with a famine coming on that with kill half or more of your civilian population?
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The answer is not very much and you would probably treat them as slave labor.
i.e. feed them just enough to keep them immediately useful but slowly starving to death.
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Originally Posted by ArmySGT.
Where are you housing them and guarding them in numbers great enough to reduce your own manpower draw, but small enough that they do not create a security risk themselves?
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In the more inhospitable climates there are plenty of examples
of gulags where very few guards managed to keep a large prisoner population in check.