Items for "Ostheer"

“In the Old Germany Such a Command Would Have Been Impossible”

The Military Jurisdiction Decree handed out by the Wehrmacht High Command (OKW) on the 13th of May, 1941 was contrary to international law and formed the reference order for the German conduct of the war against the Soviet Union...

Keywords: Kriegsgerichtsbarkeitserlass, Zweiter Weltkrieg, Ostheer