Editing Execution by firing squad (section)

===Belgium===
{{Main|Capital punishment in Belgium}}
On 12 October 1915 British nurse [[Edith Cavell]] was executed by a German firing squad at the [[Tir national]] shooting range at [[Schaerbeek]], after being convicted of "conveying troops to the enemy" during the First World War.

On 1 April 1916 a Belgian woman, [[Gabrielle Petit]], was executed by a German firing squad at [[Schaerbeek]] after being convicted of spying for the [[British Secret Service]] during World War I.

During the [[Battle of the Bulge]] in World War II, three captured German spies were tried and executed by a U.S. firing squad at [[Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial|Henri-Chapelle]] on 23 December 1944. Thirteen other Germans were also tried and shot at either Henri-Chapelle or [[Huy]].<ref name=pallud15>Pallud, p. 15</ref> These executed spies took part in [[Waffen-SS]] [[commando]] [[Otto Skorzeny]]'s [[Operation Greif]], in which English-speaking German commandos operated behind U.S. lines, masquerading in U.S. uniforms and equipment.<ref name=pallud15/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675044510_execution-of-German-spies_509th-military-police_execution-spot_spies-are-tied|title=HD Stock Video Footage – Military police execute German spies in Belgium.|website=Criticalpast.com|access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref>