There is one thing that EPWs would be perfect for... sending them back to the cantonments where they would have to work for their upkeep. be it by farming, or other menial labor that frees up allied troops fro having to do the labor intensive duties... espeically after the allied units are moblized for combat operations.
The EPWs would be part of the REMFs that are left at the cantonments, keeping the supply trains running to keep those deployed forces equipted. This takes the EPWs out of a combat zone, and puts them where the allies need labor the most. It's true that armies travel on their stomachs, and with the losses suffered by both sides, the large tails that kept combatants on the frontline have been so severely reduced when they canibalized said tail to build up their combatant commands.
it's just an idea... but in my games, we had EPW attached to cantoments providing menial labor until they prove their loyality and thus become part of the allied combatant forces.
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