The POW from World War 1 and World War 2 both suffered drastically. Although the conditions and the punishments differed due to the jump in technology. There were many more POW in World War 1 due to the amount of young inexperienced people who actually volunteered for the war compared to World War 2. In World War 2 there were many new weapons such as advanced machine guns, powerful aircraft, etc. causing both sides to just kill each other rather than capturing them as POW. Considering all the new technology the prisoners from both wars still suffered by not getting fed or receiving any medical attention.