History is written by the victors, so it is difficult to see any mistakes made by the victors in many sources. Ever since mankind has a historical record, whether it is war or peace, it will be recorded in the annals of history for future generations to study and reference. But when something in the historical record is wrong, or subverts the facts, then the truth of history will be difficult to make public.
World War II was mankind's most brutal battle to date, and as one of the victorious countries in World War II, the United States does not seem to have much "black history", playing the image of a "knight of light". However, this is not the case, in fact, the US military also committed many atrocities in World War II, which are no less cruel than the acts of the Axis powers, and the most painful thing is that these atrocities are buried in the dust of history and have not attracted the attention of the world and the media.
In the history of World War II, German and Japanese acts against humanity were seen around the world as negative teaching materials, so much so that many people ignored all the crimes committed by the U.S. military during World War II. In fact, the handling of protests in recent months shows the attitude of the US military towards the enemy and civilians. Freezing three feet is not a cold day, and in the face of protests, the US military can resolutely, simply and exhaustively suppress such acts, which can be seen that these acts cannot be practiced overnight, and the US military's treatment of civilians and prisoners of war in World War II is much more cruel than it is now.
During the liberation of Europe, the Soviet-German war, the landing in Normandy, and the liberation of France were usually the topics of discussion among historians, but before landing in France, the Allies conducted a very successful landing, that is, the Battle of Sicily.
At the time of the landing in Sicily, the U.S. 180th Infantry Regiment was responsible for capturing the biscari airfield, which was of high strategic importance to the Allies and was met with strong resistance from German and Italian forces at the time of the attack. Despite this, the 108th Corps advanced resolutely, and by July 14, 1943, after a fierce battle, the 108th Corps had captured 47 German prisoners of war.
Major Roger Denman of the corps ordered Sergeant Horace T. West, 33, to take the group of prisoners of war to a place where no one was seen.
Sergeant West and several other American soldiers took 47 naked and barefoot prisoners of war a mile from the front line. West then drew 9 soldiers from this group of prisoners of war and took them to the intelligence service of the troops, who were in charge of interrogation.
West took the remaining PRISONERs to the roadside field and left them in a row, and then he borrowed a Thompson submachine gun from the senior non-commissioned officer. When the senior non-commissioned officer asked him what he was going to do, he replied coldly: I will kill this group of dogs. West then used a Thompson submachine gun to fire two magazines in a row at unarmed prisoners of war. For the prisoners who had not yet completely died after being shot, West once again took up the submachine gun and fired several shots in a row to ensure that they were really dead.
The next day, dozens of corpses were captured by the Allied retinue, Pastor William W. Bush. Colonel William E. King discovered that Colonel William E. King had found that Colonel William E. E. King reported the situation to the senior officers, who, fearing that the leak would bring negative reviews to the U.S. military, decided to simply dismiss West, but after some explanation from the priest, they decided to take West to court-martial. West was later sentenced to life in prison, but after only a year in prison, he was pardoned by the 34th President of the United States, Eisenhower.
On July 14, 1943, the 1st Battalion of the U.S. 108th Infantry Regiment arrived at Biscali Airfield, where they were met with Italian and German resistance as they attempted to occupy the airfield. At first, the enemy was fierce, and artillery and sniper rifles were mercilessly shooting allied soldiers. However, after a short firefight, the enemy's large army has been defeated, and the remaining soldiers either flee or surrender.
Raymond M. of the 108th Corps Raymond C. Marlow successfully killed several Italian snipers in the exchange of fire, and 35 other Italian soldiers threw away their armor and raised their hands to face Raymond Berger. C. Marlowe surrendered. And when reporting to the squad leader, Raymond M. C. Marlowe said that this group of soldiers was the enemy who was wounded with artillery, and they kept firing at us as they fled.
Raymond P. C. Marlowe's account was very unreliable, according to the confessions of other soldiers, there was only one Italian sniper who returned fire, and this sniper was also the one who was captured by Marlowe. When Captain John T. Compton asked Marlowe what to do with the prisoners, Marlowe said: Kill them all.
John Compton led 11 soldiers to take the prisoners of war to a hill, which was also lined up, while he himself stood 2 meters away from the prisoners. The Italian prisoners of war pleaded with the Americans not to shoot them, and John Compton asked the soldier in charge of the interpreter, who said they had nothing to say. Then tragedy followed, american soldiers raised their guns and shot at prisoners of war, driven by the desire to survive, many Italian soldiers tried to escape. John Compton said: "I don't want to see any prisoner of war alive, so none of the Italian soldiers were spared, and they were all killed."
Infuriatingly, John Compton was never punished in any way because he used "I just obeyed orders" as an excuse for sophistry. After a brief interrogation, he was acquitted and then transferred to the 179th Infantry Regiment, where john Compton was finally "killed" in a conflict in Italy on November 8, 1943.
We can see how unreliable the history written by the victors is. In the Compton case, it was clear that he had ordered the Italian soldiers to be shot, but in court he lied that he was "just obeying orders." And who obeyed the orders, when they were ordered, no one went to track down. On the other hand, the numerous crimes committed by the Nazis are regarded by human beings as "crimes against humanity", so that human beings will remember their crimes for generations, of course, this is not excessive, and even the punishment of the Nazis is not severe enough. But what about Compton? Who sheltered him, and did he bear any consequences for the sins he had committed?