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...there was an incident where a bunch of Germans surrendered. They were given over to an officer to escort them back to be detained. As soon as they walk out of sight, you can hear gunfire. The officer killed them. Turns out, his family, who are Jewish, were all murdered by Nazi's.


Should the officer be charged? And do you agree with what he did, regardless?



The news of the green beret has me thinking about that incident.

Originally posted by cdtm
...there was an incident where a bunch of Germans surrendered. They were given over to an officer to escort them back to be detained. As soon as they walk out of sight, you can hear gunfire. The officer killed them. Turns out, his family, who are Jewish, were all murdered by Nazi's.


Should the officer be charged? And do you agree with what he did, regardless?



The news of the green beret has me thinking about that incident. Yes he should. Rules of engagement. A member of my family was a junior officer in the British Army in the Mau Mau rebellion, he and two other junior officers tried to stop something not dissimilar to all accounts and were themselves shot. 65 years on some of what happened is still classified but he was exonerated for any wrong doing.

Originally posted by cdtm
...there was an incident where a bunch of Germans surrendered. They were given over to an officer to escort them back to be detained. As soon as they walk out of sight, you can hear gunfire. The officer killed them. Turns out, his family, who are Jewish, were all murdered by Nazi's.


Should the officer be charged? And do you agree with what he did, regardless?



The news of the green beret has me thinking about that incident.

Did you see this on WW2 in HD? That's where I saw it.

Yes he should be charged. I imagine he knew there could be consequences yet opted to satisfy his vengeance anyway. Not saying I'd like to see him convicted or punished in any way, but there should be some disciplinary action in some form, no second dessert or something like that.

Should he be charged? Yes. Would I have lost sleep over what he did if I was his commanding officer? Not one wink.

Anyone remember that scene from Band of Brothers when this one guy gives some captured Germans some smokes and then shoots them all while they are smoking?

Originally posted by Surtur
Should he be charged? Yes. Would I have lost sleep over what he did if I was his commanding officer? Not one wink.

Anyone remember that scene from Band of Brothers when this one guy gives some captured Germans some smokes and then shoots them all while they are smoking?


I remember the scene.

Were they the individuals who killed his family.

If yes a case can be made for temporary insanity.

If no. Well. He would have known the parameters of his command.

Originally posted by shiv
Were they the individuals who killed his family.

If yes a case can be made for temporary insanity.

If no. Well. He would have known the parameters of his command.

If it's the situation I'm thinking of no these were not the people who killed his family.

CDTM did you see this on WW2 in HD?

During world war 2 there was an incident : a group of soldiers were executed by SS near ardennes,I think,the perpetrators still at large

Where's the justice for them

Yes he should be charged... and someone involved in the process of arresting processing him should "screw up" in some way that results in him being freed on a technicality.

Killing nazis should have been a war crime in itself.

Originally posted by cdtm
...there was an incident where a bunch of Germans surrendered. They were given over to an officer to escort them back to be detained. As soon as they walk out of sight, you can hear gunfire. The officer killed them. Turns out, his family, who are Jewish, were all murdered by Nazi's.


Should the officer be charged? And do you agree with what he did, regardless?



The news of the green beret has me thinking about that incident. Yes, he should be charged, and yes, he should be convicted and sentenced.

Originally posted by NemeBro
Yes, he should be charged, and yes, he should be convicted and sentenced.

The WW II guy, or the green beret?

Both, right?

Yeah the soldier should obviously be charged and what not. Rules of engagement exist for a reason.

What's this green beret thing you keep mentioning?

Originally posted by NemeBro
Yes, he should be charged, and yes, he should be convicted and sentenced.

Agreed.

Originally posted by Putinbot1
Yes he should. Rules of engagement. No exceptions.

What an idiot! The Nazis were the good guys. But anyways, legally he should be charged, since killing an unarmed man is a war crime. So legally he is in the wrong.