Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle was torpedoed by a German U-boat in WW1, an act of savagery that forever changed war crime prosecutions. Order at: Amazon tinyurl.com/4z34saa3 Bookmanager (Indies) tinyurl.com/muzfepuk Indigo tinyurl.com/yck4rua2 #canada #canadahistory - ThreadSky

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natehendley.bsky.social • 69 days ago

Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle was torpedoed by a German U-boat in WW1, an act of savagery that forever changed war crime prosecutions.

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dustinducane.bsky.social•69 days ago

One of the few good verdicts from the farces at Leipzig. I didn’t cover this in our book but the rest of the proceedings for war crimes were mostly a joke. @philipwblood.bsky.social . See Dover Castle case.

natehendley.bsky.social•69 days ago

Indeed. My book explains how the judges came to the Llandovery Castle decision despite acquitting the sub crew involved in the very similar Dover Case case (the Germany Navy permitted subs to attack hospital ships in the Mediterranean Sea, which justified the DC atrocity said the court).

dustinducane.bsky.social•69 days ago

Dover had a lot of nonsense, plus there were others concerning POWs. Leipzig was mostly doomed from the moment that the French/Brits allowed German trials. The negative results were useful for Nuremberg

natehendley.bsky.social•69 days ago

Allowing the Germans to handle prosecution and defense, in front of German judges was a truly bad idea. The Allies only accepted because they didn't fully occupy Germany and required German assistance to make arrests.

The Leipzig Trials offered a template of how not to hold a war crimes trial.

dustinducane.bsky.social•69 days ago

Yep.

dustinducane.bsky.social•69 days ago

Also the Kaiser needed stretching pour encourage les autres. And Hindenburg and Ludendorff.

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