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Old 12-27-2012, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Raellus View Post
In the past, I've imagined the Twilight War as a war of extermination, with no quarter usually given since blligerents barely have the resources to supply their own troops, let alone EPWs. What prisoners are take are usually worked to death or allowed to die of starvation, exposure, disease, etc. Basically, the way Germans and Soviets treated their opposites in WWII.
Sorry to be a pessimist, but whilst one would hope that before the nuclear exchanges the Geneva Convention would hold, afterwards I've always imagined things going this way for POW's on both sides rather than any more humane treatment.
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