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Originally posted by John McGillivray
There are many occasions when the Germans did not respect the Red Cross. Also the Germans often abused the Red Cross by using ambulances to transport armed troops and supplies. During their attempt to escape from the Falaise pocket, the Germans adorned many of their vehicles with the Red Cross in an attempt to escape destruction.
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Quite so. I've read published accounts of fighter pilots strafing convoys and watching "ambulances" explode with devastaing force. Thereafter nothing on the roads was sacrosanct.