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This article lists and summarizes the war crimes that have violated the laws and customs of war since the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.. Since many war crimes are not prosecuted

May 2 1944, U-852 beached on Cape Gardefui after attack by RAF aircraft. The crew was captured and later tried for war crimes. KL Heinz Wilhelm Eck, pleaded operational justification during the trial. Describes the events of the sinking of

Japanese War Crimes That Shock the World

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On 26 January 1943, during an intense action, the USS Wahoo (SS-238), under the command of Lieutenant Commander Dudley „Mush“ Morton, attacked the survivors of the Japanese

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The submarine surfaced, began rescuing about 200 survivors on the main deck, another 200 in the lifeboats towed behind the submarine, draped a Red Cross flag on the deck (making her

The submarine’s commander was sentenced to eight years in prison at a war crimes trial, but was freed three years later when the Japanese government ruled his actions to

The American submarine campaign of World War II crippled the Empire of Japan. During the war, submarines launched attacks against 4,112 merchant ships and tankers. Over

Sea Wolves, with its sub-title of Savage Submarine Commanders of WW2, tells the harrowing stories of the atrocities perpetrated by four of the most dangerous submarine commanders of the Second World War – two

War crimes in World War II

Throughout the entire Second World War, the Kriegsmarine had only one U-boat commander convicted of war crimes. KL Heinz Wilhelm Eck of U-852 was indicted and sentenced to death by firing squad at the Nuremberg Tribunal on

The Laconia incident was a series of events surrounding the sinking of a British passenger ship in the Atlantic Ocean on 12 September 1942, during World War II, and a subsequent aerial attack on German and Italian submarines involved in

U.S. WW II SUBMARINE WAR PATROL REPORTS. At the end of each war patrol of WW II, submarine commanders created a report on the patrol. These reports were used as the raw

Whilst the collection of war trophies has historically been an aspect of military service, the mutilation of the remains of fallen enemy soldiers during World War II remains an unpunished

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The United States Navy used submarines heavily, with 263 US submarines undertaking war patrols and claiming 1,392 ships and 5,583,400 tons during the war 2. Early

During World War II, the Allies committed legally proven war crimes and violations of the laws of war against either civilians or military personnel of the Axis powers. At the end of World War II,

Alive and safe, the brutal Japanese soldiers who butchered 20,000

Technological innovations allowed submarines to operate more effectively and stealthily, shaping the strategies employed in submarine warfare in WWII. Early in the war,

The Manila massacre, one of the most brutal Japanese war crimes, was carried out by Japanese forces at Manila between February and March in 1945 towards the end of WWII. Although

It is a crime to shoot aircrew descending from a plane and it was so well before the Second World War. Another example from the Second World War is submarine warfare and is

On 13 March 1944, a German submarine, U-852, was patrolling the waters of the South Atlantic off the African coast, when it came across a Greek steam merchant ship, the SS

The Sea Wolves of the title are the four most deadly submarine Captains of WWII. Two Japanese Sub Commanders who committed war crimes, a German who tried to erase all

After sinking the Greek steamer Peleus in the South Atlantic in 1944, the captain of the U-boat U-852 ordered his crew to attack the survivors with gunfire and grenades. Amazingly, three

This article explores the meanings of ‘unrestricted warfare’ as practised by US submarines in the Pacific during the Second World War. The submarine war in the Pacific is

H-022-4 Loss of USS Wahoo

Rear Admiral Sir Anthony Cecil Capel Miers, VC, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar (11 November 1906 – 30 June 1985), known as „Crap Miers“ and „Gamp“, [1] was a Royal Navy officer who served in

Eck and two of his crew were tried and executed after the war: he was the only U-boat commander indicted for war crimes. See our article Heinz-Wilhelm Eck: Siegerjustiz and the

In particular Donitz when charged with war crimes for waging and planning a total submarine war pointed it out in his defense, and Nimitz himself wrote to the effect that it was a similar strategy

This article explores the meanings of ‘unrestricted warfare’ as practised by US submarines in the Pacific during the Second World War. The submarine war in the Pacific is