War crimes are violations of laws in armed conflict and include murder, ill-treatment of civilians or prisoners of war, destruction of cities, and other acts. They have been commonly committed throughout history, such as the use of poison gas in WWI and the Holocaust in WWII. Both Axis and Allied powers committed atrocities in WWII. More recent examples include crimes during the Vietnam and Civil Wars, such as targeting civilians. Perpetrators rationalize war crimes as intimidation, revenge, or following orders to survive. However, war crimes are often not punished because winners write history and decide who to prosecute, such as at the Nuremberg Trials. Some believe any means are acceptable to achieve victory in war.

1. Why are war crimesWhy are war crimes
continuously practicedcontinuously practiced
BY RYAN GARVEYBY RYAN GARVEY

2. What is a war crimeWhat is a war crime
• A war crime is a serious violation of the
laws applicable in armed conflict

3. Examples of war crimesExamples of war crimes
• Murder
• The ill-treatment or deportation of civilian
residents of an occupied territory to slave labor
camps
• The murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war
• The destruction of cities, towns and villages
• Devastation not justified by military, or civilian
necessity

4. World war 1World war 1
• In world war 1 a new form of warfare
"trench warfare" had become popular due
to the new machine guns
• Poison gas was introduced to flush out
trenches and eradicate soldiers

5. World war 2World war 2
• World war 2 was one of the most deviating
wars and thus has a large amount or
crimes committed from each side

6. Axis : crimes during WW2Axis : crimes during WW2
• Wars of aggression crimes on peace
• Violating treaties
• The invasion of Poland
• The holocaust
• Torturing and murdering POWs
• Numerous massacres
• The bombing of Pearl Harbor
• Raping and pillaging

7. Allies : crimes during WW2Allies : crimes during WW2
• While the axis commuted numerous crimes the
allies had their fair share
• Fire bombing civilian cities
• Murdering POWs
• Mutilating corpses
• Sinking ships
• Taking no prisoners
• The atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima

8. The Vietnam warThe Vietnam war
• Vietnam
-Abducting citizens
-Raping and murdering citizens
-Killing prisoners
• USA
-Using agent orange on Vietnamese food supply
-Fragging: Using grenades on their own officers
-Collecting bounties for officers deaths

9. Civil warsCivil wars
• Atrocious war crimes are not only part of
war pitting countries against each other
these malicious acts also take place in
civil war
• American civil war :Burning inhabited
cities looting raping
• Afghanistan civil war :Public bombings,
sealing prisoners in boxes causing
suffocation

10. Why commit war crimesWhy commit war crimes
• Intimidation- to scare enemy troops
• Maliciousness- some wars are personal
• Revenge- fellow soldiers have been
victims of crimes and some leaders want
payback

11. Interview with a soldierInterview with a soldier
• Q: have you ever been taken prisoner during
war
• A: fortunately not I may not have been here
• Q: how did you treat prisoners
• A: I didn't care for them
• Q: Did u witness or participate in anything you
felt wasn’t right
• A: war is war you shoot and kill and follow orders
if you don't do those 3 you'll wind up dead
• Q: what war did you fight in
• A: the gulf war

12. Who enforces punishmentWho enforces punishment
• The winner will usually put the losing
nation on trial
• This is why a lot of war crimes are not
punished

13. Nuremberg TrialsNuremberg Trials
• “The greatest trial in history” in which the
allies put the heinous acts of the axis
powers on trial.
• Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler were not
included because of their suicides at the
end of the war.

14. Are war crimes necessary in theAre war crimes necessary in the
war effortwar effort
• The saying goes “to the victor goes the
spoils” along with the spoils the ability to
try the losing side for war crimes.
• Many believe war is a by any means
circumstance and you must do what ever
it takes to allow your country to prevail.
• Many nations just go around the law such
as the US using agent orange in Vietnam
which wasn’t illegal.