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Old 24th Mar 2014, 23:01
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Errr there is such a thing as an illegal order and carrying out that order makes you a war criminal.. True the option to say no and survive was probably slim, but some did.
I agree with the view, but I believe that definition and response to an illegal order is relatively (& surprisingly) recent; see the 1945 London Charter that set up the IMT and Nuremburg Trials.
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