Now we must refute the conception that the Italian officers who were caught on Cephalonia and on Corfu were "prisoners of war" in the meaning of the [ ... ]
ordered him and the Italian Commander on Corfu to turn over their arms to Lanz, and above all, against the repeated orders of his Commander in Chief [ ... ]
there could not be anything else but insurgents, whose acts were punishable by death according to German law. But the fact deserves consideration t [ ... ]
Commander-in-Chief, General Vecciarelli, to surrender arms to the German troops, but that he, most likely, because of the then existing conditions i [ ... ]
would be most improbable, anyhow, for then the Italian High Commander in Athens would surely have received similar orders. It is, therefore, needle [ ... ]
He did negotiate with LANZ, only to gain time: he had repeatedly promised surrend of his men and arms; he had requested and received from LANZ a cl [ ... ]
Under these circumstances, Lanz was fully justified in treating the captured Italians as insurgents. Most likely, any other Armed force would have d [ ... ]
which the Italians were to be "summarily" shot. It cannot be doubted that Hitler meant shooting by the customs of war. The formulation of the order [ ... ]
authority -- as a rule the Division Commander -- could not be reached right away". Such a Summary Court be appointed by "the commander of a regiment [ ... ]
therefore an execution of the Italian officers without any court procedure and without any sentence. Confirmation of a sentence of a Court did not e [ ... ]