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In Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, Italian soldiers called "battle police" execute innocent Italian soldiers because they are angry that Italy was retreating and were paranoid of German spies. Did this ever happen?

by /u/ablewasibobisawelba in /r/AskHistorians

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