Operations Ginny I and II
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Operations Ginny I and II were two ill-fated sabotage missions conducted by the U.S. Office of Strategic Services in 1944 during the Italian campaign of World War II. Their aim was to blow up railway
General William J. Donovan reviews the Operational Groups (OGs) at Area F, the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, prior to their departure for China.
Bicycle path between the municipalities of Framura and Bonassola, Liguria, Italy
Anton Dostler on trial in 1945 — at the Palace of Caserta in Italy.
Superior orders
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Superior orders, also known as just following orders or the Nuremberg defense, is a plea in a court of law that a person, whether civilian, military or police, should not be considered guilty of commi
Defendants in the dock at the Nuremberg trials From left to right, front to back: Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Karl Dönitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel
Hagenbach on trial, from Berner Chronik des Diebold Schilling dem Älteren
Dostler tied to a stake before the execution
Photo of the trial at Nuremberg, depicting the defendants, guarded by American Military Police