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Survivors reported that the U-boat surfaced and ran down the lifeboats, machine-gunning survivors in the water. The U-boat captain, Helmut Brümmer-Patzig, was charged with war crimes in Germany following the war, but escaped prosecution by going to the Free City of Danzig, beyond the jurisdiction of German courts. [83]
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 (due to lack of political will, lack of effective procedures, or other practical and political reasons), [1] [better source needed] historians and lawyers will frequently make a serious case in order to prove ...
Denmark maintained trade with both sides of the war, and was among several neutral countries that exported canned meat to the German army. Danish speculators made fortunes on canned meat products, which were often of mediocre quality, while 275 Danish merchant ships were sunk, and approximately 700 Danish sailors perished during the war.
This is a list of convicted war criminals found guilty of war crimes under the rules of warfare as defined by the World War II Nuremberg Trials (as well as by earlier agreements established by the Hague Conferences of 1899 and 1907, the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, and the Geneva Conventions of 1929 and 1949).
Pages in category "War crimes committed by country" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "World War I crimes" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
List of Most Wanted Nazi War Criminals according to the Simon Wiesenthal Center; The Ravensbrück trials of the camp officials from the Ravensbrück concentration camp. War-responsibility trials in Finland – a series of trials of the Finnish leadership, originally established for war crimes but held without war crime indictments
This is a list of wars between Denmark and Sweden. Broadly construed, it may refer to one of multiple wars which took place between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Kingdom of Denmark (from 1450 in personal union with the Kingdom of Norway ) up to 1814: