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Leo, actually there are NO reports (that I know) of Russian atrocities in 1914 against Prussian civilians. The imperial army of 1914 was not the soviet army of 1944.
Jim, the covering up of war crimes is certainly a usual habit. But if sinking hospital ships is official policy, there is nothing to cover up, especially since it seems that there were a lot of unmolested survivors by the other incidents.
Ignoring the war crimes of the own side, and mopping up the own history is also a common threat to all nations. In Germany a full discussion on these only started in the late sixties, and other nations have not yet even started, like Japan. Democratic nations are also prone to forget the darker places in their own history. Please remember that the events in the Phillipine "insurrection" (some Phillipinos prefer to call it a war) are virtually unknown to most people. Even I was not aware of them until I started to look into the history of genocides.
Well, I think there is somewhere a book on the Leipzig-trials (the process in 23 in which Germany handled some of their suspected war criminals). When I can get an example I am sure there will be some backgound info on the juristical side of the submarine campaign and hospital ship.
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Axel
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