War Crimes

War Crimes

2.What I already know:
Who: Soldiers of the countries of Europe and the US
What:Cruel or unfair and terrible acts commited by soldiers on both sides
Where: Europe and the Atlantic Ocean
When: 1914-1918
Why: For various reasons
How: Commited by soldiers during the war

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War Crimes effected World War I by causing more anger and violence in Europe. They may have helped cause some of the horrors of World War II like the Holocaust. Even though there werent many they still effected the war and how Europe developed and rebuilt its culture after.

	In August 1914, the German Army invaded Belgium, violating a treaty that the German chancellor notoriously likened to a "scrap of paper." The invaders terrorized the populace, shooting thousands of civilians and looting and burning scores of towns. Allied propagandists called this the "rape of Belgium." Over the next 50 months, the Germans plundered the country, deported Belgians en masse as forced laborers, and jailed thousands on contrived charges, including the failure to inform on family or neighbors. Such methods were what a later generation would have recognized as totalitarian. Occupied Belgium was a forerunner of Nazi Europe. Had the victors punished Germany in 1919 as they had pledged to, would the Nazis have been able to repeat the crimes with such impunity and on such a vast scale? That is one critical question raised in THE RAPE OF BELGIUM: The Unknown First World War by Larry Zuckerman, who argues that the crimes against Belgium justified the democracies' war on Germany and a punitive peace. Not only were the crimes unspeakable, the Germans showed no remorse, laying the foundation for World War II.(Zuckerman, Larry)
	In August 1914, the Germans invaded Belgium, violating a treaty between the two european countries. They terroized citizens with looting, shootings, and burning towns. The next 50 months included mass deportaiton and other crimes by the German Army. (Zuckerman, Larry)
	This event could've in a way lead to the holocaust and other German war crimes in World War II The crimes in The Great War may not be well known but they played a role in the war, and set the stage for the horrible crimes in World War II. There is only one confirmed major one but that doesnt mean there arent any other ones that occured.

Works Cited: Zuckerman, Larry. "THE RAPE OF BELGIUM: The Unknown First World War." THE RAPE
OF BELGIUM. NEPA, n.d. Web. 8 Apr. 2010. <http://www.nepa.com/
rape_of_belgium.htm>.

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