THE BRUTAL EXECUTION OF THE THREE GERMAN SOLDIERS WHO WERE CAPTURED DRESSED AS AMERICANS " BY FIRING SQUAD
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THE BRUTAL EXECUTION OF THE THREE GERMAN SOLDIERS WHO WERE CAPTURED DRESSED AS AMERICANS " BY FIRING SQUAD
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Three German soldiers (who were captured dressed as Americans), members of the unit that took place in Operation Grief are executed by firing squad.
The soldiers in the picture were executed after a military trial found them in violation of the Hague convention concerning land warfare, article 23: “It’s especially forbidden […], to make improper use of a flag of truce, of the national flag or of the military insignia and uniform of the enemy”.
Their mission was part of Operation Greif commanded by the famous Waffen-SS commando Otto Skorzeny during the Battle of the Bulge. The operation was the brainchild of Adolf Hitler, and its purpose was to capture one or more of the bridges over the Meuse river before they could be destroyed.
Should these men have been executed and what were expected or unexpected effects of the execution?
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