Japanese firm to make landmark apology to U.S. POWs
Re: Japanese firm to make landmark apology to U.S. POWs
by The Comrade » Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:28 pm
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Re: Japanese firm to make landmark apology to U.S. POWs
by NAB » Mon Jul 20, 2015 11:01 pm
I've been thinking about this a bit and I wonder if a couple of other factors might have played into how little the Japanese leadership was punished. A simple one would be the lack of people to actually punish considering how many military leaders didn't survive or allow themselves to be captured (probably minimal but still a factor when dealing with the Japanese). And the other is how long term concern for the atrocities committed in China might have been brushed aside due to their involvement in the Korean War so shortly after the end of WWII. They went from victims to enemies rather quickly, and, they were commies, of course.
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Re: Japanese firm to make landmark apology to U.S. POWs
by John Galt » Mon Jul 20, 2015 11:33 pm
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Re: Japanese firm to make landmark apology to U.S. POWs
by The Comrade » Mon Jul 20, 2015 11:36 pm
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Re: Japanese firm to make landmark apology to U.S. POWs
by The Comrade » Mon Jul 20, 2015 11:37 pm
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Re: Japanese firm to make landmark apology to U.S. POWs
by Aaron » Mon Jul 20, 2015 11:58 pm
I don't have much to add to this thread, but god the WW2 trivia some of you guys got on deck is beautiful. I just slammed through the WW2 from space series that covered a lot of these high points... history is delicious
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Re: Japanese firm to make landmark apology to U.S. POWs
by The Comrade » Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:39 am
did you, like, read that off a facebook post that had a minion on it?
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