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11. One of the terms of the Geneva Convention

Reply to GopherGal (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 18, 2020, 08:13 AM

Dec 2020

is the requirement to treat POWs of a non-signatory nation (such as the USSR) in the same manner as you would treat the POWs of a nation that signed the Convention.

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I read that Hitler specically orderd brutal treatment of the GIs, thinking it would spread fear captain queeg Dec 2020 #1

The SS also did this on the eastern front, desperate and vicious. appalachiablue Dec 2020 #2

IIRC, the USSR had not signed the Geneva Convention GopherGal Dec 2020 #6

Sounds right sorry to say appalachiablue Dec 2020 #10

One of the terms of the Geneva Convention gladium et scutum Dec 2020 #11

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Thank you, he was in very good shape in the video appalachiablue Dec 2020 #8

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That's right, more heros from Vietnam, Iraq, Afgahnistan appalachiablue Dec 2020 #12