Crimes against Wehrmacht

With respect to war crimes during World War II, those committed – or merely claimed to have been committed – by the German Wehrmacht are commonplace in standard historiography. But what about the crimes committed against the Wehrmacht, that is to say, against members of the German armed forces? Here are contributions dealing with this usually ignored aspect of WWII.

Following are the events surrounding the sinking of the German ship, Erich Giese on 13 April 1940 by the British Navy. Captain Karl Smidt explained during his Paris deposition on 23 August 1940: "While the crew of some 200 men was swimming in the water, the British destroyers opened fire …

Statement of Corporal Walter Segel before Judge Sauermann: "Together with my troops I went on board a Greek caique on 17 May 1941 and we sailed from Piraeus in order to land on the western shore of Crete on 20 May to give support to the parachute troops. We sailed …

Manuel Ruiz was a Spanish soldier, a member of the so-called Blue Division, which was composed of Spanish volunteers. He told his story before Judge Schoene on December 27, 1941. "After Christmas 1941 the first company of the Spanish Division was attacked by the Russians at its middle section, just …

Of humanity’s many noteworthy achievements and inventions, few are as evil and as horrifying as biological warfare: deliberate, government-ordered mass killing of people with lethal diseases. During the Second World War, the Japanese army maintained a secret biological warfare testing program, as did the United States during the 1950s and …

. Responsabilità sovietiche e degli alleati nello scoppio del conflitto. (tratto dal 1° numero di "Uomo Libero" del 01-01-1980, di Piero Sella) ... Sospette, perché superficiali e ingiustificatamente benevole, ci appaiono le interpretazioni del comportamento sovietico per gli anni 39-41. L'Unione Sovietica viene per lo più presentata come potenza aggredita, …

.   UNIONE SOVIETICA: “ FOSSE COMUNI CONTENENTI 12.500 CORPI “       Il governo del land del Brandeburgo ha affermato nel 2003 che gli inquirenti che hanno fatto scavare in un campo di prigionia gestito dai sovietici nella ex Germania dell’Est, hanno trovato fosse comuni contenenti i corpi di 12.500 persone. Il campo era …

. di Thomas Brookes (2008)[1] Come circa 500.000 tedeschi vennero “democraticamente” sterminati in una notte     Immagine-1, FT. Dresda dopo il bombardamento del 1945. Click...                                                 …