<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "British officer granted leave from POW camp during WW1 by the Kaiser to visit his dying mother"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/54.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net British officer granted leave from POW camp during WW1 by the Kaiser to visit his dying mother
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23957605

I found it fascinating that something like this was actually allowed and, furthermore, that Captain Campbell actually returned, apparently feeling honour-bound by his word.

I'm pretty sure something like this would simply never, ever happen in today's political climate and today's POW camps. It's just something that has changed in the "culture" of warfare, for lack of a better word, over the last century, I think.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550394/6020957.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550394/6020957.page GMT British officer granted leave from POW camp during WW1 by the Kaiser to visit his dying mother http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550394/6021016.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550394/6021016.page GMT British officer granted leave from POW camp during WW1 by the Kaiser to visit his dying mother http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550394/6021477.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550394/6021477.page GMT British officer granted leave from POW camp during WW1 by the Kaiser to visit his dying mother
Relapse wrote:
That's a heck of a story, like the Christmas truce. I hate frickin war and the way it messes up the lives of people.


I was thinking the same. It made me wonder why people who can apparently be so polite and trusting in each other have to wage a war like World War I. But, well, it was a single incident...it appears not all sides were equally happy with the Kaiser's decision. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550394/6021519.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550394/6021519.page GMT British officer granted leave from POW camp during WW1 by the Kaiser to visit his dying mother
It was afterwards when things got really dehumanizing. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550394/6022424.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550394/6022424.page GMT British officer granted leave from POW camp during WW1 by the Kaiser to visit his dying mother http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550394/6022440.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550394/6022440.page GMT British officer granted leave from POW camp during WW1 by the Kaiser to visit his dying mother
 Howard A Treesong wrote:
I think it was made clear that had he not returned, reprisals would have been taken. It's still an astonishing story, but lets not forget that it was under threat of serious consequences.


Either way, the guy was one hell of a man.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550394/6022766.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550394/6022766.page GMT