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Originally Posted by Enkidu22
I know it all too well. I'm from Poland, around 6 milions of polish citizens were killed during WW II and it's not like I'm justifying japanese and german actions. In fact some people from my family were killed by soviets (yes soviets not germans).
The thing is: if japanese or german army killed 100 000 civilians in a bombardment or whatever it's called crime against humanity, but if americans or brits did it's called "lesser evil" or "unavoidable losses".
And I'm talking about the fact that many innocent Axis officers were sentenced for war crimes they didn't commited (or were forced to commit them) just becouse they were fighting for the "bad" side while soldiers and politics from allied nations were also responsible for many crimes and nothing happened to them.
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In war tribunals "I was just taking orders" isn't allowed as a defense. When a US soldiers makes the pledge to become a soldier he pledges to follow the Constitution and to follow the orders of his executive leader as long as the orders are legal.