• cowfodder@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    “the British seeing it’s own ship coming at it” hurts my brain in so many ways. The wrong “it’s”. Using “it’s” and “it” in relation to a plural formal noun. Could be fixed either by adding the word “navy” and using the correct “its” or by replacing “it’s” and “it” with “their” and “them”.

        • thebestaquaman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          To be fair: A lot of things that are war crimes today were declared as such specifically because of WWI. Meaning that they weren’t war crimes when they were committed during the war. Specifically chemical agents (mustard gas and friends) had never been seen before, so there obviously was no treaty banning their use until after the fact.

    • Stovetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Not back then it wouldn’t be, though, if we take the veracity of the story at face value. The inclusion of perfidy (bad-faith deception, such as dressing up as a civilian or opposing force) as a banned act within the Geneva Conventions was only adopted in 1977, under articles 37 and 39 of Additional Protocol I.

      Edit: And even today, Article 39 exempts naval engagements specifically from that provision when it comes to flying the wrong colors with intent to deceive.

    • Mpatch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      It’s war, and when you are being invaded by greedy bastards. There are no war crimes.

    • baines@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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      4 months ago

      war crimes are whatever the dominate military power says it is the other guy is doing

  • finitebanjo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Another fun one is when the Nazis built a Decoy Airfield to get the Allies to waste time destroying or capturing it as opposed to real high value operations. Due to inability to complete projects on time, a long running issue with the Nazis, the Allies had plenty of time to catch on to the ruse and dropped a single wooden bomb on it.

  • HocEnimVeni@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    If I’m not mistaken the Carmania was a civilian ship that the British outfit with weapons to protect convoys and the germans chose the Carmania because it was a civilian ship so it ended up being a battle between two “civilian” ships with hidden cannons.