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TIL that the first ever instance of an individual being convicted for war crimes occurred in May of 1474, and the defendant was Peter von Hagenbach, a knight and governor of Upper Alsace for the Duchy of Burgundy. Turns out 'I was just following orders' is an old excuse.

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