5. CHINESE WAR CRIMES-- Against captured Japanese soldiers.
4. RHEINWIESENLAGER-- Prisoner of War Temporary Enclosure. These were 19 U.S.-built war camps to hold Germans during the occupation of that country. Inmates suffered from starvation, exposure and dehydration. Up to 10,000 died.
3. OPERATION OVERLORD MASSACRE-- After D-Day led to unknown number of deaths. Reports that captured German soldiers used as shields and to clear mine fields.
2. NUCLEAR WEAPONS
1. PRUSSIAN RAPE-- The Soviet Army carried this out against women and children. As many as 240,000 deaths. (In addition, there were around 10,000 rapes accused against U.S. military and another 1,500 against the French.)
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So, Not Just the Axis. --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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