
Red Cross parcel
United Kingdom, 1945
Cardboard
Imperial War Museum, London, United Kingdom
United Kingdom, 1945
Cardboard
Imperial War Museum, London, United Kingdom
A prisoner of war’s chances of survival were dependent on which side and at what point during the war one was captured. The American Red Cross managed to prepare and ship more than 27 million parcels in order to increase prisoners’ chances of returning home safe.