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Hessian POWs: Hold Them. Win Them Over. Weaken Britain.

Image of Adel Aali (program host) and his guest, Dr. Daniel Krebs, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, along cover image of “A Generous and Merciful Enemy: Life for German Prisoners of War during the American Revolution”. Visit AARevolution.net for more images of the American Revolution and for interviews of scholars with Adel Aali.

Updated: August 16, 2026 Introduction In this interview: “They wanted to take good care of those German POWs… Hey, if you leave the British and become American, this is how many acres we’re going to promise you.” Watch this segment in the video below (01:03:57; 01:07:39) Why treat enemy POWs well? Why offer them land? […]