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Adolf
Hitler on wanting war.
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SOURCE: http://www.azquotes.com/quote/551231]
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The
Commando Order, or Kommandobefehl, was issued by Adolf
Hitler on 18 October 1942 stating that all Allied commandos encountered by
German forces in Europe and Africa should be killed immediately without trial,
even in proper uniforms or if they attempted to surrender. Any commando or
small group of commandos or a similar unit, agents, and saboteurs not in proper
uniforms, who fell into the hands of the German military forces by some means
other than direct combat (through the police in occupied territories, for
instance) were to be handed over immediately to the Sicherheitsdienst
(SD, Security Service). The order, which was issued in secret, made it clear
that failure to carry out these orders by any commander or officer would be
considered to be an act of negligence punishable under German military law.
This was in fact the second "Commando Order", the first being issued
by Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt on 21 July 1942, stipulating that
parachutists should be handed over to the Gestapo. Shortly after World War II, at
the Nuremberg Trials, the Commando Order was found to
be a direct breach of the laws of war, and German officers who carried out
illegal executions under the Commando Order were found guilty of war crimes.
Please
go to this previous
blog post to learn more.
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