What Dominic Sandbrook has said about German Military Code
2 quotes · 1 episode · May 27, 2026
Dominic Sandbrook, British historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History, has been quoted on German Military Code 2 times in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on May 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Sandbrook rejects popular claims that Cavell's court-martial was a show trial.
“It is described as a show trial. It absolutely was not a show trial”
The Rest Is History: 674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4) (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 40:03
Sandbrook argues that under German military law Cavell's conviction was inevitable.
“given the legal framework, conviction is a foregone conclusion”
The Rest Is History: 674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4) (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 42:49
Episodes
674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4)The Rest Is History · May 27, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland recount the life, resistance work, trial and 1915 execution of British nurse Edith Cavell in German-occupied Belgium, and her posthumous legend.
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