| GRAL. ANTON DOSTLER Осуществление военного преступника Генеральной Антон Дролеты (1 декабря 1945 года) Execution of war criminal Gral. Anton Dostler (december 1, 1945) Ejecución del criminal de guerra Gral. Anton Dostler (1 diciembre, 1945) Anton Dostler (May 10, 1891 - December 1, 1945) was a General of infantry in the regular German army during World War II. In the first allied war trial after the war, Dostler was tried and found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death by firing squad. On March 22, 1944, fifteen men of the US Army (including two officers) posing as Italian civilians landed on the Italian coast about 100 kilometres north of La Spezia, 250 miles behind the then established front. Their mission was to demolish a railroad tunnel between La Spezia and Genoa. Two days later, the group was captured by a party of Italian Fascist soldiers and members of the German army. They were taken to La Spezia, where they were confined near the headquarters of the 135th Fortress Brigade, which was under the command of German Colonel Almers. The immediately superior headquarters was that of the 75th German Army Corps, commanded by Dostler. The captured US soldiers were interrogated and one of the US officers revealed the story of the mission. This information was then sent to Dostler at the 75th German Army Corps. The following day (March 25), Dostler sent a telegram to the 135th Fortress Brigade ordering that the captured soldiers be executed. Recognizing that the order ... |
