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In 13 separate incidents Donaldson was alleged to have flown over civilian areas shooting at civilians. He was the first U.S. general charged with war crimes since General Jacob H. Smith in 1902 and the highest ranking American to be accused of war crimes during the Vietnam War. [128] The charges were dropped due to lack of evidence.
American Civil War crimes (6 C) I. Iraq War crimes by the United States (2 C, 33 P) N. Native American genocide (9 C, 69 P) S. United States war crimes in Syria (5 P) V.
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).
In 13 separate incidences John Donaldson was reported to have flown over civilian areas shooting at civilians. He was the first U.S. general charged with war crimes since General Jacob H. Smith in 1902 and the highest ranking American to be accused of war crimes during the Vietnam War. [167] The charges were dropped due to lack of evidence.
In the case of Korean War is also controversial that the United States committed a genocide [10] or just war crimes, therefore the list is not including: No Gun Ri massacre. [11] [12] [13] During the Vietnam War it has been considered that part of the war strategy of the United States in Vietnam was an ecocide. [14] [15]
A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hostages, unnecessarily destroying civilian property, deception by perfidy, wartime sexual violence, pillaging, and for any individual that is part of the ...
American Civil War crimes (6 C) K. United States military killing of American civilians (2 C, 19 P) N. Native American genocide (8 C, 73 P)
Pages in category "American people convicted of war crimes" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.