Romaster
How did Eisenhower handle the occupation of Germany after WW II?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Eisenhower became Military Governor of the U.S. Occupation Zone on May 8, 1945. He decided to classify German POWs as Disarmed Enemy Forces, thereby stripping them of their rights under the Geneva Convention.
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With the discovery of the death camps, Eisenhower order extensive video and photographic documentation of the horrors of the Final Solution, for use in war crimes trials.