• finitebanjo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    1 month ago

    Another fun one is when the Nazis built a Decoy Airfield to get the Allies to waste time destroying or capturing it as opposed to real high value operations. Due to inability to complete projects on time, a long running issue with the Nazis, the Allies had plenty of time to catch on to the ruse and dropped a single wooden bomb on it.

    • Stovetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      28·
      1 month ago

      Not back then it wouldn’t be, though, if we take the veracity of the story at face value. The inclusion of perfidy (bad-faith deception, such as dressing up as a civilian or opposing force) as a banned act within the Geneva Conventions was only adopted in 1977, under articles 37 and 39 of Additional Protocol I.

      Edit: And even today, Article 39 exempts naval engagements specifically from that provision when it comes to flying the wrong colors with intent to deceive.

    • baines@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      82·
      1 month ago

      war crimes are whatever the dominate military power says it is the other guy is doing

      • BakerBagel@midwest.socialEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        I think all military companies should keep their formal uniforms from whever time period they were formed. Imagine the photos from military banquets or 4th of July celebrations if one company is in WW2 era formal wear, another is Civil War, and another is from the Napoleonic era! It would be so cool to watch

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      Only if you engage under the enemy’s colors. Otherwise it’s a ruse of war, and legitimate.

  • HocEnimVeni@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    1 month ago

    If I’m not mistaken the Carmania was a civilian ship that the British outfit with weapons to protect convoys and the germans chose the Carmania because it was a civilian ship so it ended up being a battle between two “civilian” ships with hidden cannons.

  • cowfodder@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    1 month ago

    “the British seeing it’s own ship coming at it” hurts my brain in so many ways. The wrong “it’s”. Using “it’s” and “it” in relation to a plural formal noun. Could be fixed either by adding the word “navy” and using the correct “its” or by replacing “it’s” and “it” with “their” and “them”.