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Yeah, we have more than a few dirty little secrets re PoWs, even into WWII. And later. We say a good game, but sometimes the walk deviates.... (Did you know th
by PeterWhittaker 6y ago
Yeah, we have more than a few dirty little secrets re PoWs, even into WWII. And later. We say a good game, but sometimes the walk deviates....
(Did you know that one of the few if only cases of an ally firing on - and I think killing, but I cannot find the reference - a Soviet in WWII was a Canadian? We'd been ordered to take territory they'd been assigned. They requested our withdrawal. We demurred. We can only guess what they were thinking when they chose to press their case, but it was apparently withdrawn quickly when triggers were squeezed. At least this is how it was described in the one source I came across some time ago and cannot find. This one at least covers the basics: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/canadian-paratroopers-saved-denmark-soviet-occupation.html https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/canadian-parat....)