Operation Big Switch, 1953
Enlarge text Shrink text-
Topic
|
מספר מערכת
987007542333705171
Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Operation Big Switch, 1953
Other forms of name
Big Switch, Operation, 1953
See Also From tracing topical name
Korean War, 1950-1953 Prisoners and prisons
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q7096813
Library of congress:
sh2006000638
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Records relating to enemy prisoners of war, 1951-1960(administrative records relating to the handling of United Nations prisoners of war of the Chinese and North Koreans returned to United Nations control during Operations Little Switch and Big Switch)
- Korean War almanac, 1990(Operation Big Switch; starting August 5, 1953; final exchange of prisoners of war; Big Switch was the name for the main POW exchange that followed the signing of the Korean armistice agreement on July 27, 1953)
- Korean War: an encyclopedia, 1995(Operation Big Switch, Aug. 5 through December 23, 1953, was the final exchange of prisoners of war by both sides)
1 / 2
File:RAAF nurse with injured RSAAF ex-POW on an evacuation flight.jpg
Unknown author, Public domain
File:Return of the Prisoners of War during Operation Big Switch, Panmunjom, Korea. Communist Prisoners of War ripped off... - NARA - 520998.jpg
Unknown author or not provided
, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Operation Big Switch was the repatriation of all remaining prisoners of the Korean War. Ceasefire talks had been going on between the North Korean, Chinese and United Nations Command (UNC) forces since 1951, with the main point of contention being the repatriation of all prisoners to their home countries, in accordance with Article 118 of the 1949 Geneva Convention. China and North Korea wanted prisoners to be compulsorily repatriated as outlined by the Geneva Convention but the UNC insisted that prisoners who wished to remain where they were be allowed to do so. After talks dragged on for two years, the Chinese and North Koreans relented on this point, and the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed on 27 July 1953.
Read more on Wikipedia >