General Discussions
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RE: War Crimes perpetrated by Allied submarines in
Posted by:
Rich Mickle
()
Date: June 14, 2001 07:12PM
<HTML>Chad,
I actually have this book. If I remember correctly, the author is a Bacques? Anyway, picked it up as it sounded very different. About the \"starving of the Germans in prisoner of war camps\" after the war if I remember correctly. History professor of mine had it as well. Said he\'d read an historical review of the book where Bacques got torn to shreads for poor research and jumping to conclusions. This is not to say this stuff didn\'t happen, I believe, however, that the consensus among historians is that his book is based on poor research and therefore has poor conclusions.
I remember reading the distinctions Eisehower supposedly made after the war. \"They\'re not prisoners of war since Germany effectively has no government of its own anymore. Therefore they are not POWs and aren\'t protected by the Geneva Convention.\" Interesting but again, would have to do more research myself or perhaps read some of the book reviews on the book by other historians.
VR,
Rich</HTML>
I actually have this book. If I remember correctly, the author is a Bacques? Anyway, picked it up as it sounded very different. About the \"starving of the Germans in prisoner of war camps\" after the war if I remember correctly. History professor of mine had it as well. Said he\'d read an historical review of the book where Bacques got torn to shreads for poor research and jumping to conclusions. This is not to say this stuff didn\'t happen, I believe, however, that the consensus among historians is that his book is based on poor research and therefore has poor conclusions.
I remember reading the distinctions Eisehower supposedly made after the war. \"They\'re not prisoners of war since Germany effectively has no government of its own anymore. Therefore they are not POWs and aren\'t protected by the Geneva Convention.\" Interesting but again, would have to do more research myself or perhaps read some of the book reviews on the book by other historians.
VR,
Rich</HTML>