Hitler's Atrocities Against Allied PoWs : War Crimes of the Third Reich

"A chilling description of the ordeals that captured men and women were put through by the Third Reich regime and their Italian allies." — Daily Mail Seventy years ago, the Nuremberg Trials were in full swing in Germany. In the dock were the leaders of the Nazi regime and most eventually received their just desserts. But what happened to the other war criminals? In June 1946, Lord Russell of Liverpool became Deputy Judge Advocate and legal adviser to the Commander in Chief for the British Army of the Rhine in respect of all trials held by British Military Courts of German war criminals. He later wrote: "At the outbreak of the Second World War, the treatment of prisoners was governed by the Geneva Prisoner of War Convention of 1929, the Preamble of which stated that the aim of the signatories was to alleviate the conditions of prisoners of war. "During the war, however, the provisions of the Convention were repeatedly disregarded by Germany. Prisoners were subjected to brutality and ill-treatment, employed on prohibited and dangerous work, handed over to the SD for 'special treatment' in pursuance of Hitler's Commando Order, lynched in the streets by German civilians, sent to concentration camps, shot on recapture after escaping, and even massacred after they had laid down their arms and surrendered." Tens of thousands of Allied prisoners of war died at the hands of the Nazis and their Italian allies. This book is for them lest we forget. "A sobering and harrowing book, detailing many forgotten crimes committed against POWs who should have been offered the protection of the Geneva Convention, but tragically were not." —Recollections of WWII Zusammenfassung: "Seventy years ago, the Nuremberg Trials were in full swing in Germany. In the dock were the leaders of the Nazi regime and most eventually received their just desserts. But what happened to the other war criminals? In June 1946, Lord Russell of Liverpool became Deputy Judge Advocate and legal adviser to the Commander in Chief for the British Army of the Rhine in respect of all trials held by British Military Courts of German war criminals. He later wrote; 'At the outbreak of the Second World War, the treatment of prisoners was governed by the Geneva Prisoner of War Convention of 1929, the Preamble of which stated that the aim of the signatories was to alleviate the conditions of prisoners of war. 'During the war, however, the provisions of the Convention were repeatedly disregarded by Germany. Prisoners were subjected to brutality and ill-treatment, employed on prohibited and dangerous work, handed over to the SD for "special treatment" in pursuance of Hitler's Commando Order, lynched in the streets by German civilians, sent to concentration camps, shot on recapture after escaping, and even massacred after they had laid down their arms and surrendered.' Tens of thousands of Allied prisoners of war died at the hands of the Nazis and their Italian allies. This book is for them - lest we forget."--Amazon Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Glossary Chapter 1: The Murders Begin Chapter 2: The Road to Dunkirk Chapter 3: North Africa Chapter 4: Greece, Crete and the Trial of General Student Chapter 5: Commandos Chapter 6: Slaughter in the East Chapter 7: Italy Chapter 8: The Special Air Service Murders Chapter 9: Life in the Camps Chapter 10: Prisons and Concentration Camps Chapter 11: The D-Day Murders Chapter 12: The Arnhem Murders Chapter 13: Massacre in the Ardennes Chapter 14: Luft Gangsters Chapter 15: The Long Walk to Freedom Chapter 16: The Day of Reckoning Appendix: Punishments Documents the atrocities carried out against Allied prisoners of war during WW2