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Should General Sir Henry Rawlinson have been tried for War Crimes following the Battle of the Somme?

April 26, 2017battle crimes sir somme War

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Should General Sir Henry Rawlinson have been tried for War Crimes following the Battle of the Somme?

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Hi g, this question pops up from time to time, not only for General Rawlinson, bit other high ranking officers of WW1, the concensus tends to come down to the times, and the way wars were fought, so in that light, no, but of course, if that was the second war, then yes.