I’m the type who took history classes as electives in college. WW2 is one of my specialties. I remember learning that the botched Nazi executions were claimed to have been done on purpose. After 25 years since college, I admit I had to refresh my memory on the finer details.
My theory is that Sgt. Wood botched them on purpose based on the various statements he left and the opportunity to get it right by hanging a number of soldiers in the two years or so preceding his major performance. What’s yours?