Discussion in ' Prisoners of War ' started by handtohand22 , Feb 10, Log in or Sign up. Just finished reading 'Prisoner of War' by Charles Rollings. He comments that after Allied commandos killed German soldiers on Sark 7 October , who had their hands tied behind their back Page , German reprisals took the form of handcuffing POWs for months at a time.
I remembered reading a conflicting thread on this site about D Day where a Scottish unit was alleged to have done the same thing to German troops captured on the advance.
Again, German reprisals took the form of handcuffing POWs. Can anyone clear this point up for me or locate the thread, Please. In the back of my mind somewhat fuddled most of the time, l know l have the recollection that the handcuffing of POW's was as a reprisal for something that happened in Canada, but l am sure this is just one of many reasons given.
NickFenton , Feb 10, Cheers, Adam. I do remember reading that the POWs extended the task of handcuffing and de-handcuffing which was a lengthy task for the German guards so much so that it was quickly dropped.
Apparently some of the POWs found that they could slip the handcuffs and to extend the guard's boring task,rejoined the queue to be handcuffed again and again. I cannot reference the source but when I do, I will revisit this post. Harry Ree , Feb 15, After the failed raid at Dieppe on 19 August , the Germans claimed to have found evidence of the ill-treatment of German prisoners, and also of atrocities committed during a Commando raid on Sark on 4 October It was therefore decreed that with effect from noon on 8 October all the officers and men at Oflag VIIB Eichstatt who had been captured at Dieppe were to have their hands tied, just as the German victims had been at Dieppe and Sark.
