War crimes and criminals

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman

I'm inclined to agree to a certain extent.

I'm always struck by the hypocrisy of the Nuremburg trials. Many people who study the second world war and who are British, Australian or new Zealander share a sense of disgust as we happily hanged the Nazis but let the japanese war criminals make deals with America to get out of how they treated our POWs.

I hope you are not among them. If these people are scholars they should be fired and sent back to school. How can you forget of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East?

28 defendants with 2 dying of natural death before the end of the debates, 7 being executed, 16 sentenced to life imprisonment and 1 to 20 years imprisonement. Among the offences you'll find "Ordered, authorised, and permitted inhumane treatment of Prisoners of War (POWs) and others" and "Deliberately and recklessly disregarded their duty to take adequate steps to prevent atrocities".

Nuremberg: 24 defendants with 12 death penalties and 3 acquited.

Were deal made with Japanese? Yes. Were deal made with Nazi? Oh yes as well. Can I respectfully remind you of a highly respected Wernher Von Braun. May I also point out that some among us might be driving a Volkswagen designed by an equally respected Ferdinand Porsche. Isn't that an interesting legacy of a certain A.Hitler? And these are only the two best known exemples.