Historische Organisatie
French Army
After troops refused orders to fire on the crowd, General Claude Lecomte and former general Jacques Léonard Clément-Thomas were seized and shot. Their deaths became a central charge in the...
A military firing squad executed Louis Rossel, Théophile Ferré and Sergeant Pierre Bourgeois after courts-martial connected with the Commune.
A military court in Dakar tried thirty-four former soldiers following the Thiaroye massacre. The proceedings followed veterans’ demands over payments after service in France. Criminal prosecution...
