"The Killing of the Iron 12 – The Inside Story of One of" Topic
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| Tango01 | 13 Jan 2021 1:08 p.m. PST |
… WW1's Forgotten War Crimes "ON THE COLD, dark morning of Feb. 25, 1915, ragged volleys of shots rang out over the rooftops of the town of Guise in northern France and 12 bodies – six Irishmen, five Englishmen and one Frenchman – tumbled into two communal graves. The unfortunate men had been forced to dig the holes in a courtyard of the town's bleak, forbidding château, then being used as a HQ by the occupying German forces. These men had surrendered in uniform and offered no resistance to their captors. They were entitled to quarter – but received none…"
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Armand |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 13 Jan 2021 1:50 p.m. PST |
From Military History Now |
| Legionarius | 13 Jan 2021 5:22 p.m. PST |
Even in war there are many acts of needless cruelty. |
| Tango01 | 14 Jan 2021 12:21 p.m. PST |
Specially in war…. Amicalement
Armand |
| Legion 4 | 14 Jan 2021 4:04 p.m. PST |
One of many in that war … sadly … Of course all the firing squad & Cdrs, etc., were probably dead by war's end. |
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