Not that surprising though I had the belief/hope those practices had been cut back, so it's is still pretty shocking, must admit it hits me less...
I mostly agree, but "you do not have to accept surrender" was more a policy statement than a order to do something specific, and a speech is...
I would very much doubt a court martial would let pass as dangerous a concept as "personal interpretation" on what an order is, at most it could...
If a military court accepts a speech as evidence to get an acquittal as "obeying orders" then it is orders. They are certainly more qualified to...
The big difference being that the US didn't try to expel the citizens of Puerto Rico replacing them with WASPS, they went for what is basically...
Small countries with big neighbours must seek strong allies, a "Scandinavian" military cooperation would be a good bet today, it probably wasn't...
No sense in arguing with people who ignore overwhelming evidence. can't say I met many but my advice is to void them like the plague, what little...
When I said successful I was thinking of the original secession against the Russian Empire not the civil war, the triggering event of the...
Rommel was always fighting to get control of additional assets, whether it's Kesselring's planes or Bastico's troops he was always claiming he...
A successful rebellion is not "caused" by the empire and the Finnish Independence/Civil war a basically rebellion even if the huge changes that...
Look up the Biscari POW massacre, if someone is acquitted of killing prisoners because he was "following orders" the man giving those "orders" is...
IMO both Hitler's order and Patton's "no surrender" speech violated the treaties, On the other hand the "commandos" were involved in a number of...
Clark was unlucky there, his greatest (only?) success came at the worst possible time from a propaganda perspective. He had as usual only himself...
Patton for one was confused by the term sniper, when hearing of the Biscari massacre he apparently asked Bradley to fabricate proof the victims...
The SS Panzerkorps was never committed to the frontline in Italy but played a key role in assuring the disbandment of the Italian army. A big what...
Using "exercises" to cover up a surprise attack is a time honoured practice, It may look strange to see hostile military attaches invited to...
Italian troops under German officers were a rarity below corps level (Italian divisions attached to German Korps or sometimes the reverse),...
The fascinating thing about this thread is there is some good info buried amongst pages of ..... let's call it silliness. But IMO we should stop...
I believe that if out of uniform and carrying/using weapons they are automatically bandits, no need to prove they are also doing espionage . And...
The status of personnel operating behind enemy lines is iffy, saboteurs and ambushers were often not allowed to surrender, and if captured out of...
