Disarmed Enemy Forces
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 Disarmed Enemy Forces  | |
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| A designation applied to surrendering German forces by the WWII Allied authorities. It purpose was to avoid having to adhere to the Geneva Convention provisions on "Protecting Power" access to prisoners and monitoring of their conditions. |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Eisenhower's Holocaust | article | 22 June 2008 | Anonymous | A brief introduction to the treatment of German military prisoners by the allied authorities in the 18-24 month period AFTER the German unconditional surrender in May 1945. |
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