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Two tables of U.S. Soldiers executed during World War II's European Theater and Pacific Theater may be found on Before the Needle; The U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939–1945 (payment required) contains the names of many American servicemen
Edward Donald Slovik (February 18, 1920 – January 31, 1945) was a United States Army soldier during World War II and the only American soldier to be court-martialled and executed for desertion since the American Civil War. [1] [2] Although over 21,000 American soldiers were given varying sentences for desertion during World War II, including ...
The Nuremberg executions took place on October 16, 1946, shortly after the conclusion of the Nuremberg trials.Ten prominent members of the political and military leadership of Nazi Germany were executed by hanging: Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and Julius Streicher.
During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, Nazi Germany carried out a number of atrocities involving Polish prisoners of war (POWs). The first documented massacres of Polish POWs took place as early as the first day of the war; [1]: 11 others followed (ex. the Serock massacre [] of 5 September).
Vasyl Meleshko - Guilty of war crimes, executed in 1975. Grigory Misan - Guilty of treason and war crimes, executed on 18 July 1943. Yunus Napotsk - Guilty of treason and war crimes, executed on 18 July 1943. Ivan Paramonov - Guilty of treason and war crimes, sentenced to 20 years penal servitude.
The United States Army executed 35 soldiers during the First World War by hanging between November 5, 1917, and June 20, 1919, all for offenses relating to murder or rape. 11 of these hangings were performed in France while the remaining 24 were carried out in the continental United States. [Note 1] [15] [16]
Guido Buffarini Guidi (1895–1945), Minister of the Interior for the Italian Social Republic, found guilty of committing ethnic cleansing during World War II and executed by firing squad in 1945 Giovanni Ravalli (1909–1998), soldier in the Royal Italian Army during World War II, initially received a life sentence but was pardoned after ...
Pages in category "World War II massacres" ... List of mass executions and massacres in Yugoslavia during World War II; 0–9. 291st Engineer Combat Battalion (United ...