Must We Use Reprisals?

Debates on the need for reprisals. Arguments given in favor of the fact that reprisals against the innocent are strictly forbidden by the laws of war; Arguments given by the Nazis in favor of execution of Germans who had murdered civilians wholesale; Appreciation shown by Germany for the Japanese execution of captured American airmen; Ways in which airmen are featured in Germany; Need to preserve the values for which the U.S. is fighting against German political leader Adolf Hitler; Ways in which Hitler can be deterred in his pursuit for reprisals.