Word: forli
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Manstein admitted that he condoned executions of the wives of Russian partisan fighters as reprisals for attacks on German soldiers. But, he argued, the Russians themselves never adhered to any rules of war. "The shooting of women is not very nice," said Manstein. "But sometimes the partisan war did not...
Limited Extent. Gist of the 77,000-word, 17-point indictment was that Erich von Manstein had permitted atrocities in areas under his command; had condoned the shooting, gassing and drowning of Jews, gypsies and other minorities, the execution of Russian soldiers, political commissars and civilians, and the deportation of...
The accused himself denied knowledge of atrocities, such as the use of gas wagons painted like carnival caravans which were employed by SS troops for mass executions. "Obviously some people acted differently from the way I expected them to act," he snapped. "A commander in chief can control his subordinates...
This week in a hushed courtroom packed with German spectators, many of them with the stiff, erect bearing of former Wehrmacht officers, Manstein heard the verdict. He was found guilty on nine counts concerning execution and maltreatment of Russian soldiers and civilians; he was cleared of eight other counts, notably...
"Desperation," said the new governor of Formosa last week, "is the mother of reform . . . We've got to try new men and new ideas." Shrewd, capable K. C. Wu, onetime mayor of Shanghai and longtime friend of Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, was talking about plans for the administration and defense...