Why you Must NOT Shoot Medics in War
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As a way to alleviate some of the horrors of combat, social convention and international law make some individuals on the battlefield off limits to deliberate targeting. Very often, however, in the heat of battle, these conventions are ignored and those who should be off limits are intentionally targeted.
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Show Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Robert de Graff
Narrator: Chris Kane
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00:00 The legality of shooting medics in war
00:24 Americans deliberating targeting British Officers in the American Revolution
03:26 Geneva Convention when medics forfeit their protection
05:15 Axis and Allies respecting medics in ww2
06:25 Heres what happened to Medics on the Eastern front
07:42 Japanese sharpshooters looking for medics
