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Dressing up as the enemy is actually a war crime.
It's a fashion crime if your enemy's the British Beefeaters.
I think all military companies should keep their formal uniforms from whever time period they were formed. Imagine the photos from military banquets or 4th of July celebrations if one company is in WW2 era formal wear, another is Civil War, and another is from the Napoleonic era! It would be so cool to watch
What? Committing war crimes? Germany? Preposterous!
WWI was so famous for everyone fighting a calm and reasonable war with no war crimes
Reasonable amounts of condiments in the air
They were serving so many hot dogs that they have to aerosolize the mustard.
They were so progressive about women having a safe space to congregate they introduced a miles-long no-mans-land in France.
To be fair: A lot of things that are war crimes today were declared as such specifically because of WWI. Meaning that they weren't war crimes when they were committed during the war. Specifically chemical agents (mustard gas and friends) had never been seen before, so there obviously was no treaty banning their use until after the fact.
Only if you engage under the enemy's colors. Otherwise it's a ruse of war, and legitimate.
Then thank the British for stopping this potential war crime.
war crimes are whatever the dominate military power says it is the other guy is doing
It's war, and when you are being invaded by greedy bastards. There are no war crimes.
I thought the Germans were the greedy bastards?
Yes, in that case yes. But in current global situations.