Killing After Surrender in WW2: Parachutes and Submarines May 5, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : ContemporaryThe laws of war dictate that if someone puts up their hands then they are prisoners and must be treated as such. However, despite the traditions of ages and now the strictures of various conventions mercy is ignored at times even by civilised armies. Two striking examples from the Second World War where the opposition […]
Miraculous Survival with Parachute January 7, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary***in his long tradition of blogging incompetence Beach accidentally put up two posts yesterday including, briefly, an incomplete post on folklore and the Nessie legend. That will come in the next month! Apologies!*** A late supplement to the post on those who survived jumps from planes without a parachute. This is the most remarkable instance […]