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Dec 18, 2012 · This clip shows brief bits from his trial followed by his grisly execution by a firing squad in some unknown location in Italy. http://www.youtube.com/user/WarArchives
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Feb 24, 2014 · 159. 218K views 10 years ago. ...more. A firing squad of the U.S. Military Police puts an end to the young life of 16 year old Heinz Petry, a Hitler Jugend member. Petry was tried as a spy and...
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Location: Bruchsal Germany. Date: 1945, May 20. Duration: 1 min 21 sec. Sound: Yes. Clip: 65675056155. Three German soldiers, who were captured in American uniforms, spying behind the American lines, in the Fall of 1944, are executed by a firing squad.
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Apr 28, 2024 · The general was convicted and sentenced to death by the American Military Tribunal. He was executed by a 12-man firing squad on December 1, 1945, in Aversa. The execution was photographed on black and white still and movie cameras (there’s a video of this execution in US archives).
During the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, three captured German spies were tried and executed by a U.S. firing squad at Henri-Chapelle on 23 December 1944. Thirteen other Germans were also tried and shot at either Henri-Chapelle or Huy.