Conduct Unbecoming: The Story of the Murder of Canadian Prisoners of War in Normandy - Softcover

Margolian, Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802083609 ISBN 13: 9780802083609

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2000

Synopsis

On the afternoon of 7 June 1944, Lorne Brown, a private serving with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division in Normandy, was bayoneted to death while trying to surrender to troops of Nazi Germany's Tlite 12th SS Division 'Hitler Youth.' Over the next ten days, more than a hundred and fifty Canadian soldiers were brutally murdered after capture by the 12th SS. Despite months of post-war investigation by Allied courts, however, only two senior officers of the 12th SS were ever tried for war crimes.

Drawing extensively on archival sources, Howard Margolian reveals the full account of an atrocious chapter in history and exposes the causes - an inept and indifferent Canadian military justice system, and a Canadian government all too willing to let bygones be bygones - of the flagrant inaction that followed. Highly praised for both its meticulous research and its engaging passion, this book will resonate with veterans, those interested in war crimes, military buffs, and historians.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"Author Margolian lays out the shame and horror of the way these young men went to their deaths in stark detail and with meticulous documentation. If that makes the reader's blood run cold, the shameful way the Canadian government abandoned them and their memory after the war will surely make it boil.'

About the Author:

Howard Margolian specializes in the history of the Second World War. From 1990 to 1997, he worked as an investigator for the Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Section of the Department of Justice of Canada.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0802083609
• ISBN 13: 9780802083609
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336