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Anton Dostler (10 May 1891 – 1 December 1945) was a German army officer who fought in both World Wars. During World War II, he commanded several units as a General of the Infantry, primarily in Italy.
Apr 28, 2024 · General Anton Dostler was a general of the infantry in the regular German Army during World War II. In the first Allied war trial after the war, Dostler was found guilty of war crimes and executed by firing squad. He ordered and oversaw the unlawful execution of fifteen captured U.S. soldiers.
Dec 15, 2022 · Anton Dostler was the only German general officer executed solely by the US for war crimes, find out what war crime he did to have this fate.
Dec 16, 2009 · Nazi General Anton Dostler Execution - Italy 1945 - ENG SUB. NOW SUBTITLED IN ENGLISHOn March 22, 1944, fifteen men of the U.S. Army (including two officers) landed on the Italian coast about...
Jan 14, 2017 · In the first Allied war trial after the war, German General Anton Dostler was tried in Rome and found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death.
Anton Dostler (10 May 1891 – 1 December 1945) was a German army officer who fought in both World Wars. During World War II, he commanded several units as a General of the Infantry, primarily in Italy.
German General Anton Dostler receives last rites before his execution by firing squad. He was convicted and sentenced to death by an American military tribunal in Aversa, Italy, December 1, 1945.
Feb 5, 2018 · On Dec. 1, 1945, General Anton Dostler, his head shrouded in a black hood as required by military regulations, died instantly. His execution by firing squad in Italy was the final page in the story of a horrific war crime ordered by Dostler some 21 months earlier—the murder of 15 American soldiers who had been captured behind enemy lines.
Dec 1, 2020 · On 12 October 1945, the American military tribunal in Rome sentenced General Anton Dostler to death. The sentence was carried out on 1 December. Dostler was found guilty of murdering American POWs.
General Anton Dostler was shot because he had ordered the execution of 15 American soldiers who were captured behind German lines in March 1944 while trying to blow up a railroad tunnel.
