Anton Dostler
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Anton Dostler was a German army officer who fought in both World Wars. During World War II, he commanded several units as a General of the Infantry, primarily in Italy. After the Axis defeat, Dostler
Dostler (right) with his interpreter, Albert O. Hirschman, at his trial (1945)
Dostler tied to a stake before the execution
Dostler's body immediately after execution.
Commando Order
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The Commando Order was issued by the OKW, the high command of the German Armed Forces, on 18 October 1942. This order stated that all Allied commandos captured in Europe and Africa should be summarily
Anton Dostler
…day Dostler sent a telegram to the 135th (Fortress) Brigade passing on the order that the captured commando party was to be executed, in line with the Commando Order of 1942 issued by Adolf Hitler, which ordered the immediate execution without trial of all enemy commandos and saboteurs taken prisoner by the Wehrmacht…
British commandos during Operation Archery on Vågsøy island, Norway, 1941
Canadian prisoners being led away through Dieppe after the failed raid
General Alfred Jodl (between Major Wilhelm Oxenius to the left and Generaladmiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg to the right) signing the German Instrument of Surrender at Reims, France, 7 May 1945