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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Gen. Anton Dostler, first German general tried in Western Europe as a war criminal, was convicted by an American Military Tribunal in Rome for ordering the summary execution of 15 U.S. soldiers captured behind German lines. The soldiers had landed on the Italian coast from rubber boats to blow up a railway tunnel and were executed by a German firing squad at La Spezia. Dostler's defense claimed he acted under a blanket order from Adolf Hitler to execute all Commandos and consulted superiors. The verdict requires review by the Commander of Allied forces in the Mediterranean theatre.
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Executed Fifteen United States Soldiers Caught, Commando Raid
ROME, Oct. 12 - Gen. Anton Dostler, first German general to be tried in Western Europe as a war criminal, was convicted by an American Military Tribunal today and sentenced to death for ordering the summary execution of 15 U. S. soldiers captured behind the German lines in Italy.
The verdict was announced shortly after the five-man commission sitting in judgment on Dostler had taken the case under consideration yesterday.
The conviction must be reviewed by the Commander of Allied forces in the Mediterranean theatre before death sentence can be carried out.
The American soldiers, with whose death Dostler was charged, died before a German firing squad at La Spezia on March 26, 1944.
They had landed on the Italian coast from rubber boats on a mission to blow up a railway tunnel.
Dostler's defense was based on the contention he had acted under a blanket order from, Adolf Hitler to execute all Commandos and that he consulted with his superiors before the execution was carried out.
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Italy
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Oct. 12
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gen. anton dostler convicted and sentenced to death; 15 u.s. soldiers executed on march 26, 1944
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Gen. Anton Dostler, first German general tried in Western Europe as a war criminal, was convicted by an American Military Tribunal in Rome for ordering the summary execution of 15 U.S. soldiers captured behind German lines. The soldiers had landed on the Italian coast from rubber boats to blow up a railway tunnel and were executed by a German firing squad at La Spezia. Dostler's defense claimed he acted under a blanket order from Adolf Hitler to execute all Commandos and consulted superiors. The verdict requires review by the Commander of Allied forces in the Mediterranean theatre.