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Originally Posted by TheSatyr
Killing survivors in lifeboats is never justified. Funny how it's ok for us to do it,but if an enemy does it it's a warcrime.
Not too mention that there were POWs from India in some of those lifeboats that the Wahoo destroyed...and flat out murdering anyone who tried to surrender.
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Just as it is lawful to shoot paratroopers who jump from a burning plane, it is lawful to shoot soldiers in boats who could go into combat ashore.
Try reading the Geneva conventions before you quote them.
The PWs were a mistake in combat, but the GC allows for mistakes too - you aren't required to check the personal ID of every man you fire upon in combat.