TIL that during the First and Second World Wars there was a lot of debate regarding whether to attack defenceless enemy pilots and aircrew after they had escaped their stricken aircraft and were descending by parachute.
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TIL that during the First and Second World Wars there was a lot of debate regarding whether to attack defenceless enemy pilots and aircrew after they had escaped their stricken aircraft and were descending by parachute. (It's now treated as a war crime under the 1949 Geneva Conventions.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_parachutists
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