Were You Allowed To Kill Medics In Ww2. Shooting them intentionally is a war crime. Napoleon’s request was carried out by others, though, who euthanized 50 diseased soldiers (gross 2006, 125).
Under the basic rules of the geneva convention, medical personnel are 'protected' but there is a caveat for this protection. This was primarily because german medics were allowed to carry a pistol with them, whereas allied medics were completely unarmed, the sf gate reports. After women were allowed to serve in the war, men who had performed clerical and office jobs during the war were able to move to the battlefield.
