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On the afternoon of 7 June 1944, Lorne Brown, a private serving with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division in Normandy, was bayoneted to death while trying to surrender to troops of Nazi Germany's Tlite 12th SS Division 'Hitler Youth.' Over the next ten days, more than a hundred and fifty Canadian soldiers were brutally murdered after capture by the 12th SS. Despite months of post-war investigation by Allied courts, however, only two senior officers of the 12th SS were ever tried for war crimes.Drawing extensively on archival sources, Howard Margolian reveals the full account of an atrocious chapter in history and exposes the causes - an inept and indifferent Canadian military justice system, and a Canadian government all too willing to let bygones be bygones - of the flagrant inaction that followed. Highly praised for both its meticulous research and its engaging passion, this book will resonate with veterans, those interested in war crimes, military buffs, and historians.

Title Conduct Unbecoming : The Story of the Murder of Canadian Prisoners of War in Normandy / Howard Margolian.
Publisher Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Creation Date [2018]
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Issued also in print.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Perpetrators -- 2. The Victims -- 3. Deployment for Battle -- 4. The Battle of Authie -- 5. The Milius Murders -- 6. The Meyer Murders -- 7. The Battle of Putot-en-Bessin -- 8. The Bremer Murders -- 9. The Mohnke Murders -- 10. The Murders at Bretteville and Norrey -- 11. The Murders at Le Mesnil-Patry -- 12. An End to the Killing? -- 13. Indictment -- 14. The Twisted Road to Justice -- 15. The Case against Kurt Meyer -- 16. Reckoning: The Trial of Kurt Meyer -- 17. The Ones Who Got Away -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected List of Primary Sources -- Picture Credits -- Index
Extent 1 online resource (302 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2000
National Library system number 997010703819805171
MARC RECORDS
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