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A bit different (since there was no war yet and it wasn’t about the military) but after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Austria requested to send their own police to investigate the case around the “Black Hand” (the terror organisation that assassinated him).
It really isn’t unusual for countries to deny foreign investigation.
I don’t have any examples but I would change my stance if there were examples of countries letting others investigate their military in the middle of a war.
Do you have other specific examples? Preferably with sources. As a layman it’s very unexpected, I’d like to learn more.
A bit different (since there was no war yet and it wasn’t about the military) but after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Austria requested to send their own police to investigate the case around the “Black Hand” (the terror organisation that assassinated him).
It really isn’t unusual for countries to deny foreign investigation.
That particular denial cascaded into a string of events that wiped out nearly a generation of people.
I don’t have any examples but I would change my stance if there were examples of countries letting others investigate their military in the middle of a war.