[Ravnagora]

[tx_eggman]

Here's the line that caught my eye concerning the guerrillas opposing the Germans in Serbia .... from the Nuremberg Trial verdict:

The court found that the Serbian/Yugoslav guerrillas were not entitled to be classed as "lawful belligerents." The court found that the guerrillas were franc tireurs, from French for "free shooters". Thus, they were not entitled to POW status. As franc tireurs, upon capture the guerrillas could be "subjected to the death penalty", that is, summarily shot.

Seems to me that this ought to be applied to some of the "insurgents" we're dealing with now in Iraq and Afganistan.

[MadelineZapeezda]

Thank you for posting this, will read later this evening

[FormerLib]

Bookmarked in preparation for the return of the named-fool, Ronly Bonly bin Laden.

[strongbow]

Will save this for quiet reading. After spending 6 months in Croatia I now find this history very engaging. Most Americans know little about the atrocities there and how WWII was played out and continues to influence the region.

[eleni121]

This is an error - and the person who wrote it should change it straightaway:

Mihailovic opposed attacks on German troops because he did believe the sacrifice in Serbian lives was worth the cost. Mihailovic maintained that it was not worth sacrificing fifty Serbs for "a single German or a section of railway line."