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Bezig met laden... Conduct Unbecoming: The Story of the Murder of Canadian Prisoners of War in Normandydoor Howard Margolian
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On the afternoon of 7 June 1944, Lorne Brown, a private serving with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division in Normandy, was bayoneted to death while trying to surrender to troops of Nazi Germany's Tlite 12th SS Division 'Hitler Youth.' Over the next ten days, more than a hundred and fifty Canadian soldiers were brutally murdered after capture by the 12th SS. Despite months of post-war investigation by Allied courts, however, only two senior officers of the 12th SS were ever tried for war crimes.Drawing extensively on archival sources, Howard Margolian reveals the full account of an atrocious chapter in history and exposes the causes - an inept and indifferent Canadian military justice system, and a Canadian government all too willing to let bygones be bygones - of the flagrant inaction that followed. Highly praised for both its meticulous research and its engaging passion, this book will resonate with veterans, those interested in war crimes, military buffs, and historians. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The author then covers the training of both sides of the forces who would meet in Normandy on June 7 to 12 and what he was able to find in his research of the wanton killing of Canadian soldiers after they surrendered. He names places, officers who seemed to encourage the murders and possibly pulled the trigger themselves in some cases and witnesses if there were any. Very detailed.
The latter part of the book is about the investigations into the killings and the attempts to bring the perpetrators to justice which mainly failed for the many reasons that he explains. ( )