German prisoners display treachery
With British forces in France (AP) – (June 12, delayed)
German prisoners on the Western Front have to be watched almost as carefully as Japanese in the Pacific.
Three British soldiers and a photographer were standing in a doorway watching a column of Nazi captives passing through a village late yesterday. Suddenly there was a violent explosion. All four were killed. One of the German prisoners had tossed a hand grenade which he had somehow managed to hide.
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