Curt Bruns First German executed by US Army for Brutal execution of American Soldiers

First German War Criminal Curt Bruns executed by US Army for execution of 2 American Soldiers Execution of SS German Nazi General Anton Dostler who executed US soldiers in WW2 Bruns a Wehrmacht captain and WWII War criminal. He was the first war criminal to be executed by the United States Army for war crimes after World War II. Bruns was shot for having ordered the executions of two American POWs during the Battle of the Bulge. Of the nearly 300 Nazi war criminals executed by the U.S. military, Bruns was one of only two to be shot instead of hanged. The other was Anton Dostler. Anton Dostler was a German General who was executed after the end of World War II for war crimes. He was shot by a United States Army firing squad after being found guilty of ordering the execution of American prisoners of war in March 1944. Curt Bruns, Anton Dostler, Nazi Germany, ww2, German Captain, Nazi officer, Nuremberg Execution, execution by firing squad, Nazi war criminals, Executed World war 2, Americ