"The Great Escape". Shooting escaped P.O.W's?

[techs]

Just rewatched The Great Escape and was wondering about escaped prisoners. If they are found wearing civilian clothes is it ok under international law to shoot them as spies?

 

[Fern]

I believe it is. IIRC, it's in the Geneva Convention.

Fern

 

[BoomerD]

Yep.

IIRC, Dennil posted a thread recently about the last of the escapees dying.

 

[eng2d2]

SS gestapo didnt care about geneva convention.

 

[MongGrel]

SS gestapo didnt care about geneva convention.

What he said.

 

[norseamd]

SS gestapo didnt care about geneva convention.

neither do americans

 

[Gerle]

neither do americans

What makes you say that?

 

[norseamd]

What makes you say that?

how many civilians were shot without regard in iraq and afganistan?

 

[Gerle]

I'll play, how many?

 

[shortylickens]

It was "legal".

But the gestapo knew they were escaped soldiers. They used the excuse to shoot them.


And yes, just about every thing you saw in that movie actually happened. The only real difference is they combined several real men into a handful of composite characters.

The stuff you saw a dozen guys doing was actually done by a hundred guys.

 

[norseamd]

I'll play, how many?

already been well documented

there is nothing to argue about on this

and the laws of humanity do not require some number to be met or not

 

[Gerle]

What do you mean, without regard? What do you know about rules of engagement?

 

[norseamd]

and this has happened in many other wars involving americans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes

 

[norseamd]

What do you mean, without regard? What do you know about rules of engagement?

go throw your wasp ass somewhere else

 

[Gerle]

go throw your wasp ass somewhere else

Nice, I bet you are just as cocky in real life too.

 

[MongGrel]

Some of the main difference in a lot of these arguments is based on people trying to defend people opposed to people trying to exterminate people.

All I have to say.

Depends on you're side of the story like always I guess, but intent really is a factor IMHO.

Things normally are grey, not black and white.

As in to the victor go the spoils, most of the time.

 

[eng2d2]

It was "legal".

But the gestapo knew they were escaped soldiers. They used the excuse to shoot them.


And yes, just about every thing you saw in that movie actually happened. The only real difference is they combined several real men into a handful of composite characters.

The stuff you saw a dozen guys doing was actually done by a hundred guys.

I bet you didn't know that most if not all of the POW were canadians.