Rumors of what happened at Belgrade spread like wildfire across the Western world. Belgrade was gassed into extinction by an exceptionally large use of chemical weapons, fired via artillery shells onto the city by the besieging German Army.
Was surrender not requested? If so, was this a war crime? Why would a man take such overwhelming action against a city that, while having a large military presence, held a far greater number of civilians?
What could possibly compel a man to act in such a way? It was shortly after this that German intelligence began leaking information to the public about the Black Hand, their ties to the Serbian Government, and the list of crimes they were responsible for, either directly or indirectly.
