Plot of Shame : US Military Executions in Europe During WWII by Paul Johnson ...

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The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery is the last resting place of 6,012 American soldiers who died fighting in a small portion of Northern France during the First World War. The impressive cemetery is divided into four plots marked A to D.\nHowever, few visitors are aware that across the road, behind the immaculate fa ade of the superintendent's office, unmarked and completely surrounded by impassable shrubbery, is Plot E, a semi-secret fifth plot that contains the bodies of ninety-four American soldiers. These were men who were executed for crimes committed in the European Theatre of Operations during and just after the Second World War.\nOriginally, the men whose death sentences were carried out were buried near the sites of their executions in locations as far afield as England, France,\n\nThe Plot of Shame\nUS Military Executions in Europe During WWII\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease;