TIL that US tried to get Karl Dönitz, the man that succeeded Hilter, sentenced for War Crimes for ordering the German Navy not to rescue Allied survivors, only for it to be found out that order was created because the US Airforce attacked German Naval vessels trying to rescue Allied survivors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia_incident
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