• RmDebArc_5
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    1 day ago

    What? Committing war crimes? Germany? Preposterous!

      • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world
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        9 hours 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.

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            6 hours ago

            They were so progressive about women having a safe space to congregate they introduced a miles-long no-mans-land in France.