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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
So you can see how the bigger picture of WW2 is more complicated than the typical "We are the good guys Japan/Germany are the bad guys" stance that Americans typically take.
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I agree,
Rape and atrocities took place on all sides however the Russians, Germans(not the normal army the SS) and Japanese did commit more than anyone else. Our allies the Russians were probably the worst of all with their bloody vengeance spree through eastern Europe and Germany was as bad as (if not worse) the Japanese in Asia. Even American, British and French committed atrocities.
"In Italy, victims of the mass rape committed after the Battle of Monte Cassino by Goumiers, colonial troops of the French Expeditionary Corps, are known as Marocchinate. According to Italian sources, more than 7,000 Italian civilians, including women and children, were raped by Goumiers."
"A study by Robert J. Lilly estimates that a total of 14,000 civilian women in England, France and Germany were raped by American GIs during World War II."
"At the end of World War II, Red Army soldiers are estimated to have raped around 2,000,000 German women and girls."
also I believe the bombing was necessary as the Japanese didn't even surrender after the first one which shows that dropping it offshore never would have worked.