Passage: The Ottoman Empire often treated POWs poorly. Some 11,800 British Empire soldiers, most of them Indians, became prisoners after the Siege of Kut in Mesopotamia in April 1916; 4,250 died in captivity. Although many were in a poor condition when captured, Ottoman officers forced them to march 1,100 kilometres  to Anatolia. A survivor said: "We were driven along like beasts; to drop out was to die." The survivors were then forced to build a railway through the Taurus Mountains. In Russia, when the prisoners from the Czech Legion of the Austro-Hungarian army were released in 1917, they re-armed themselves and briefly became a military and diplomatic force during the Russian Civil War. While the Allied prisoners of the Central Powers were quickly sent home at the end of active hostilities, the same treatment was not granted to Central Power prisoners of the Allies and Russia, many of whom served as forced labour, e.g., in France until 1920. They were released only after many approaches by the Red Cross to the Allied Supreme Council. German prisoners were still being held in Russia as late as 1924.
By how many years more were the Central Power prisoners of the Allies and Russia held than the prisoners from the Czech Legion of the Austro-Hungarian army? How far were the POW's made to walk to start building a railway? How many of the 11800 British Empire soldiers did not die in captivity? How many of the British Empire soldiers captured in the Siege of Kut survived? How many of the British Empire soldiers that were prisoners of the Ottomans did NOT die while in captivity? How many of the British POWs survived captivity? How many out of the 11,800 British Empire soldiers did not die in captivity? How many soldiers were left alive after being taken as prisoners? How many years after the Austro-Hungarian army were released, were German prisoners still being held in Russia for? How many years after the prisoners from the Czech Legion of the Austro-Hungarian army were released were German prisoners still being held for? How many years after the prisoners from the Czech Legion of the Austro-Hungarian army were released were Germany prisoners still being held by Russia? How many years before Russia released there POW's did France? How many years elapsed between the Siege of Kut and the release of the Central Power prisoners of the Allies and Russia? Of the British Empire soldiers, how many did not die in captivity? Prisoner's of which nationality were held the longest? What was the consequence of dropping out of the march? When did the Central Power prisoners of the Allies and Russia obtain release from prison? Which happened first, the release of the prisoners from the Czech Legion or the end of hostilities? Who built a railway through the Taurus Mountains? Who was released first - the Czech Legion or the Central Power prisioners? Who were released in 1920?