Thread: Hors de combat question
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Old 02-02-2008, 09:30 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Am I right in thinking that feigning hors de combat status is a war crime?

So, those people in fiction who pretend to be dead until the enemy stands above them, then attacks them are doing something illegal?
"Hors de combat" literally means "out of fight" its a French term used in diplomatic and international law to refer to soldiers, sailors and airmen who are incapable of performing there military duties for whatever reason.

just google it lots of info , as for your question about doing something illegal, I do not think so, but cannot find at this time a definitive
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