The plot of shame
Johnson, Paul2023
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The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery is the last resting place of 6012 American soldiers who died fighting in a small portion of Northern France during WWI. The impressive cemetery is divided into four plots marked A to D. However, few visitors are aware that across the road, behind the immaculate façade of the Superintendent's office, unmarked and completely surrounded by impassable shrubbery, is Plot E, a semi-secret fifth plot that contains the bodies of 94 American soldiers. These were men who were executed for crimes committed in the European Theatre of Operations during and just after WWII. The historian Paul Johnson uncovers the history of Plot E and the terrible stories of wartime crime linked to it.
Main title:
The plot of shame / Paul Johnson.
Author:
Johnson, Paul, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Frontline Books, 2023.
Collation:
224 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781399011778 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.48
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3405359