Overview
- Summary
- "The Fifth Field reveals one of the final secrets of the war: how 96 American soldiers in Europe and North Africa were tried by American General Courts-Martial, convicted by military juries, sentenced to death, executed and buried in an obscure, secret plot at an American military cemetery in France"--Author's website.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., [2013]
- Locale
- Europe
Africa, North - Contents
-
Historical and legal underpinnings
The 96
A closer look. - Notes
-
Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-349) and index.
Historical and legal underpinnings -- The 96 -- A closer look.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 076434577X
9780764345777 - Physical Description
- 352 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Trials (Military offenses)--Europe--History--20th century. Trials (Military offenses)--Africa, North--History--20th century. Capital punishment--Europe--History--20th century. Military offenses--Africa, North--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Europe--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Africa, North--History--20th century. Executions and executioners--Europe--History--20th century. Executions and executioners--Africa, North--History--20th century. Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--Europe--History--20th century. Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--Africa, North--History--20th century.
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- 2015-07-21 16:54:00
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