Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] WWI courage of the soldiers
From: "Alan Hull" <hull@telia.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:29:13 +0100

From Robert Beaudoin
> officers.  Those who did not comply immediately to the order were
shot on
> the spot.  This might be old news to some, I read about it this
summer and
> was surprized to learn this.
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Amazing but true.  It is said that during the first few month of the
trench war the British Army itself was responsible for more deaths by
execution than was caused by the whole German Army.
 
Alan