[HN Gopher] Forgotten tragedy of Italian war detainees ___________________________________________________________________ Forgotten tragedy of Italian war detainees Author : 1970-01-01 Score : 53 points Date : 2023-07-02 19:26 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www3.nhk.or.jp) (TXT) w3m dump (www3.nhk.or.jp) | personjerry wrote: | Interesting that they highlight this story but still don't | acknowledge the nanjing massacre | LanceH wrote: | There were trials and executions for war crimes. It also has | nothing to do with this article. | troft wrote: | [dead] | vehementi wrote: | Why do you find that interesting? | toyg wrote: | To be fair, this was more reflecting the utterly embarrassing way | the Italian king and his government managed the switch on 8 | September 1943. There are similar stories of Italians rounded up | by Germans all over Italy, Germany, and Africa. Italian troops | were unprepared and received confused orders, if they ever | received any. | animal_spirits wrote: | This is tangential but I think NHK does incredible journalism and | I'm happy that they have an English publication. They have a lot | of very interesting historical stories I see on YouTube ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-07-02 23:00 UTC)