The war is finally over... - Page 2

Jimbuna · 03-24-10, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by KL-alfman

do you happen to know any reasons why regular soldiers were kept for such a long time?
(and I don't relate to war-criminals)

I've absolutely no idea but I'd hazard a guess it was because of the attitude of some of the allied governments and the administration involved in keeping so many was not as good in some countries as that of others.

Just a guess mind.

Chisum · 03-24-10, 05:35 PM

Only one answer: winner has all rights...
It is a secular law of war, unfortunately.
It still that to be prisoner of the US was better.
Some German prisoners in the Soviet Union have been released more than 10 years after the end of the war(when they were not dead because they worked very hard...) because for the soviets, every german soldier was a war criminal guilty of crimes against Soviet Union, even a simple cook...

KL-alfman · 03-24-10, 06:10 PM

thx Snestorm, Chisum and Jimbuna!

I was wondering if there had been legal reasons or not?! don't know anything about the regulations of the Hague Treaty ....

it's just that I imagine it was terrible not to be allowed to get home and see your family after the atrocities of war. sad case.

Chisum · 03-24-10, 06:28 PM

Soviet Union was not a democracy and the "Convention de Genève" was just a little paper for them...
Eye for eye, jungle law.

KL-alfman · 03-24-10, 06:54 PM

thx for pointing me to the mistake I made.
guess the Hague Treaty was only how to act and re-act in armed conflicts.
the Geneva Convention regulated the treatment of POWs, I guess.

Chisum · 03-24-10, 07:12 PM

Your Welcome Herr Kaleun.

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Chisum Seasoned Skipper Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bastogne, Belgium Posts: 716 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Only one answer: winner has all rights... It is a secular law of war, unfortunately. It still that to be prisoner of the US was better. Some German prisoners in the Soviet Union have been released more than 10 years after the end of the war(when they were not dead because they worked very hard...) because for the soviets, every german soldier was a war criminal guilty of crimes against Soviet Union, even a simple cook... __________________ [http://simus-paradise.forumactif.com/silent-hunter-iii-f12/ Last edited by Chisum; 03-24-10 at 05:49 PM.

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KL-alfman Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Weimar Posts: 930 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	thx Snestorm, Chisum and Jimbuna! I was wondering if there had been legal reasons or not?! don't know anything about the regulations of the Hague Treaty .... it's just that I imagine it was terrible not to be allowed to get home and see your family after the atrocities of war. sad case. __________________ Life, Liberty and Property!

03-24-10, 06:28 PM	#19
Chisum Seasoned Skipper Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bastogne, Belgium Posts: 716 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Soviet Union was not a democracy and the "Convention de Genève" was just a little paper for them... Eye for eye, jungle law. __________________ [http://simus-paradise.forumactif.com/silent-hunter-iii-f12/

03-24-10, 06:54 PM	#20
KL-alfman Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Weimar Posts: 930 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	thx for pointing me to the mistake I made. guess the Hague Treaty was only how to act and re-act in armed conflicts. the Geneva Convention regulated the treatment of POWs, I guess. __________________ Life, Liberty and Property!

03-24-10, 07:12 PM	#21
Chisum Seasoned Skipper Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bastogne, Belgium Posts: 716 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Your Welcome Herr Kaleun. __________________ [http://simus-paradise.forumactif.com/silent-hunter-iii-f12/