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remembering the Anzacs means also not forgetting some committed war crimes

  • Written by Jeffrey McNeill, Senior Lecturer in Resource & Environmental Planning, Massey University
remembering the Anzacs means also not forgetting some committed war crimesCaptured German trenches near Messines, June 1917.Daily Herald Archive / Getty Images

It was observed […] that the English had slain wounded and captured German prisoners.

So reads a disturbing war diary entry of the Bavarian 18th Regiment from June 7 1917, quoting one Schütze (Rifleman) Jakob Eickert of the 2. Machine Gun Company.

Another...

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