Some people still claim that the French city of St Malo was set on fire by German forces in the fighting that followed D Day. But this article sets the record straight - the fires were actually caused by incendiary rounds from American mortars.
http://codoh.com/library/document/1994/
Are you happy or sad that the Allies won and that the Germans lost the war?
"Someone has been tampering with Hank's memories."
Your "source" is well known for being the home of nazi revisionist crap merchants.
shareIt is correct that US artillery did fire on it and not just "motors" as you claim but full on naval gunfire with 8" shells.
Ok, why? You are removing the context. As the French resistance reported, the Wehrmacht removed all French civilians form the town of St. malo . They placed 12,000 crack German troops in there as a massive strongpoint and artillery base to fire on French, Canadian and UK and US liberation forces. The German Colonel in charge there was a veteran of Stalingrad and vowed to never surrender the position.
Why don't you look up the German word "Festung" it is what the Wehrmacht designated Saint Malo. it means "Fortress."
No one claims that a combination of US artillery UK artillery AND German artillery stockpiles being hit -- and documented by German historians Germans sabotaged with explosives the port facilites of St. Malo -- did not destroy St. Malo. You set up a strawman by claiming as such.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Brest
And NO incendiary was used against St. malo. You mean the nearby island of Cézembre -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9zembre
Cézembre had no civilians and was a massively well fortified island that the Germans had placed very well fortified artillery on that threatened the entire coastal area. The Germans had many opportunities to surrender and swore to fight to the last man.
Because artillery fire from Germans on Cézembre could easily hit all the slow moving lightly armed and unarmored supply and troop ships it could not simply bypass like we usually did with many Japanese islands where garrisons would not surrender.
And not rule of war, either signed by any country or prosed anyone anywhere were violated. The site had no civilians whatsoever there, and was fully militarized as a major strongpoint able to deliver artillery fire at both ships coming in and the sourounding countryside