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TIL that in order to avoid having to surrender to the Soviets, the German commander of Bornholm tried to get a single British soldier transferred to the island to surrender to (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] FarraigePlaisteach@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Torture camps are awful no matter who is doing it, yes. You are incorrect in inferring that I’m defending either party there.

We are talking about history, Germany and Britain here so go and police someone else’s conversation.