soc.history.war.world-war-ii

In article <47fd4267.1034250@news.individual.net>, aspqrz@pacific.net.au
(Phil McGregor) wrote:

> There is no way the rest of the crew could have been indicted since
> they would not have had the required mens rhea.

By the way Phil, your entire argument seems to rest on Detmers being
sure he was going to win the fight. If he had opened fire under a false
or white flag and Sydney had survived he would have been liable. I find
it hard to believe he was sure enough of putting Sydney out of action to
risk it.

Presumably you think the dodgy bits are before and after the shooting.
The damage to Sydney tends to bear out the action report. The only
inconsistency in that is as far as I can tell whether or not the Germans
fired ranging shots or ranging salvos.

Ken Young