Casual Slaughters and Accidental Judgments: Canadian War Crimes Prosecutions, 1944-1948

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In The Midst of The Horrors of The Second World War, Some Canadian Soldiers, prisoners of war, and downed flyers were brutally murdered, in violation of international laws governing warfare. That is the story of how the Canadian government reluctantly got down to prosecute war criminals. The most famous case involved the Nazi Brigadefuhrer, Kurt Meyer, in December 1945, and others concern the torture and killing of Canadian soldiers by the Japanese after the fall of Hong Kong in 1941.This was once Canada’s first try to apply international law after a conflict. The trials have never been examined, although they say a great deal about the legal and diplomatic views that prevailed at the end of the war. The creator argues that Ottawa’s ambivalence towards prosecution arose not from any legal limitations, but slightly from the sense that Canada, as a country just emerging from colonialism, would have limited influence at the world stage.Brode reveals how the legal process used in the trials was once a part of the ongoing try to provide enforceable rules of war. He analyses issues about war crimes and national responsibility in the light of post-war conflicts, including Vietnam, Bosnia, and Somalia, showing how pertinent these concerns still are.

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