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German Warning to Prisoners of War on Escaping Report by the J.I.C.

1 Oct 1944

To all Prisoners of War! The escape from prison camps is no longer a sport! Germany has always kept to the Hague Convention and only punished recaptured prisoners of war with minor disciplinary punishment. Germany will still maintain these principles of international law. But England has besides fighting at the front in an honest manner instituted an illegal warfare in non combat zones in the form of gangster commandos, terror bandits and sabotage troops even up to the frontiers of Germany. They say in a captured secret and confidential English military pamphlet, THE HANDBOOK OF MODERN IRREGULAR WARFARE: " .
germany prisoners of war propaganda switzerland england second world war military intelligence adolf hitler special operations executive joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff foreign office geheime staatspolizei victor cavendish-bentinck john sinclair francis inglis edmund rushbrooke german war effort international red cross
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
England Germany Switzerland
Document Reference
CAB 81/126/46
Document Types
Report Other
File Reference
CAB 81/126
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0126.046
Keywords
Prisoners Of War German War Effort Propaganda
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Geheime Staatspolizei International Red Cross Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Special Operations Executive
Pages
4
Persons Discussed
Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Adolf Hitler Francis Inglis Edmund Rushbrooke John Sinclair
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. October - December 1944. Papers Numbers. JIC 451-519. Volume XXXVI
Themes
Military Intelligence

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