Force
Pow
Pow noun - A person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Even after requesting Order Police reinforcements these organisations only managed to muster a force of about 38,000 Germans, as against 200,000 Hiwis from the Army's Soviet POW camp population.
Source: Useful Notes / The Holocaust - Imperial Japanese Army Chinese Expeditionary force policies on the treatment of POW, subjugation of partisans, and establishment and maintenance of 'Comfort Houses' during the eight-year China Incident don't make for pleasant or socially-acceptable smalltalk.
Source: Would Be Rude to Say "Genocide"
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