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

by /u/ablewasibobisawelba in /r/AskHistorians

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