Sentence examples for survive captivity from inspiring English sources

The remaining 91,000 men of the Sixth Army and Fourth Panzer Army surrender; only about five percent survive captivity.

In the end, it was the determination that had helped her survive captivity that enabled Ms. Auma to adapt to her new adult life.

They survived captivity at the hands of Arab slave traders and a trek across the Sahara.

Many did: after Peter Williamson survived captivity in North America and finally was buried in his native Scotland, he was in moccasins, fringed leggings and a headdress of feathers.

The Canadian government decided it wanted to do something to help Yazidi refugees, and so it created a special program for victims of the Islamic State — particularly women and children who had survived captivity.

Before becoming a legendary chemistry professor at St. Joe's, Dr. Beichl was a World War II hero, surviving captivity as a prisoner of war, and earning a Purple Heart along with the Bronze Star.

A former Air Force pilot approached me after a presentation on improving communication skills and said it reminded him of the "3 rules of surviving captivity": fellowship with other prisoners, survive, and return with honor.

Casualties were heavy and only a few survived captivity.

Overall, only 14,000 of the Australian prisoners taken by the Japanese survived captivity.

Of the estimated 91,000 German soldiers captured in the city itself, only around 6,000 survived captivity and returned to Germany after the war.

Although 120 of the squadron's personnel were evacuated from Java, 160 men including the commanding officer, Wing Commander Davis, were unable to escape and were taken prisoner by the Japanese; less than half survived captivity.