British Prisoners of War All Killed
LONDON, Dec. 23. Not a single British prisoner of war was found alive in Norway after the liberation, says the War Crimes Commission’s chief representative in Norway, Lieut.-Colonel Dobson. The Germans killed all the British who fell into their hands during the operations in Norway. The trial of the Germans responsible for these murders has already begun, and 1300 others are awaiting trial for war crimes. The TJ.S. Secretary of War lias ordered that a maximum of three counsel for the defence of General Yamashita are to be flown to Washington, to allow, them to file a brief and make oral arguments in support of Supreme Court mves aimed to. save him frjyu, hanging.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 304, 26 December 1945, Page 5
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