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Originally posted on 01/15/2014:

How about British war crimes?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_war_crimes

World War II

Crimes against prisoners, civilians, and civilian property

In violation of the Hague Conventions, line of communication troops conducted small scale looting in the French towns of Bayeux and Caen, following their liberation.^[24] On 21 April 1945, troops randomly selected and burned two cottages in Seedorf, Germany, in reprisal against local civilians who had hidden German soldiers in their cellars.^[25]
On 23 May 1945, troops held Prince Ferdinand of Holstein, prior to looting Glücksburg castle in Schleswig-Holstein. In addition to stealing jewelry, 38 coffins - in the castle's mausoleum - were desecrated.^[26]
An MI19 prisoner of war facility, known as the "London Cage", was utilized during and immediately after the war. This facility has been the subject of allegations of torture.^[27] The Bad Nenndorf interrogation centre, in occupied Germany, managed by the Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre, was the subject of an official inquiry in 1947. It found that there was "mental and physical torture during the interrogations" and that "personal property of the prisoners were stolen".^[28]
Unrestricted submarine warfare

On 4 May 1940, in response to Germany's intensive unrestricted submarine warfare, during the Battle of the Atlantic and its invasion of Denmark and Norway, the Royal Navy conducted its own unrestricted submarine campaign. The Admiralty announced that all vessels, in the Skagerrak, were to be sunk on sight without warning. This was contrary to the terms of the Second London Naval Treaty.^[29][30]
HMS Torbay incident

In July 1941, the submarine HMS Torbay (under the command of Anthony Miers) was based in the Mediterranean were it sank several German ships. On two occasions, once off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, and the other off the coast of Crete, the crew attacked and killed dozens of shipwrecked German sailors and troops. None of the shipwrecked survivors posed a major threat to Torbay's crew. Miers made no attempt to hide his actions, and reported them in his official logs. He received a strongly worded reprimand from his superiors following the first incident. Meir's actions violated the Hague Convention of 1907, which banned the killing of shipwreck survivors under any circumstances.^[31][32]
Rapes

According to writer Sean Longden, although far from the scale of those committed by Soviet forces, rapes of local women were a common feature among British troops in Germany. Even elderly women were targeted. The Royal Military Police tended to turn a blind eye towards abuse of German prisoners and civilians but rape was a major issue for them. Some officers reportedly treated this behaviour with leniency.^[33]
Many rapes were the result of alcohol or post-traumatic stress, but there were also instances of premeditated attacks. For example, the attempted gang-rape of two Germans at gunpoint in the village of Oyle, near Nienburg. This attack ended with the death of one of the women, when a soldier (it is not clear if unintentionally or otherwise) discharged his gun, striking her in the neck. Reports also exist of "sexual assault and offences" committed against Belgian and Dutch children. A number of servicemen were convicted of these crimes, while fraternizing with Dutch and Belgian families during the winter of 1944-45.^[33]
Bombing of Dresden

Main article: Bombing of Dresden in World War II

Dresden after the bombing raid


The British, with other allied nations (mainly the U.S.) carried out air raids against enemy cities during World War II, including the bombing of the German city of Dresden, which killed more than 25,000 people. While "no agreement, treaty, convention or any other instrument governing the protection of the civilian population or civilian property" from aerial attack was adopted before the war,^[34] the Hague Conventions did prohibit the bombardment of undefended towns. Allied forces inquiry concluded that an air attack on Dresden was militarily justified on the grounds the city was defended.^[35]
This city was filled with refugees fleeing the oncoming Red Army.^[36][37] When asked whether the bombing of Dresden was a war crime, British historian Frederick Taylor replied: "I really don't know. From a practical point of view, rules of war are something of a grey area. It was pretty borderline stuff in terms of the extent of the raid and the amount of force used."^[38] Historian Donald Bloxham claims that "the bombing of Dresden on 13–14 February 1945 was a war crime". He further argues that there was a strong prima facie for trying Winston Churchill among others and that there is theoretical case that he could have been found guilty. "This should be a sobering thought. If, however it is also a startling one, this is probably less the result of widespread understanding of the nuance of international law and more because in the popular mind 'war criminal', like 'paedophile' or 'terrorist', has developed into a moral rather than a legal categorisation."^[39]

You are freakin clueless , why do I even bother,these Historians were not the ones getting bombed by the Nazis,its pretty easy for them to sit back and point the finger. I dont blame the British or the Americans for anything they did at the time,they did not ask for that War. My grandad didnt ask to be sent away for six years to fight in the Desert.