Allied War Crimes in the Pacific

[Warlord]

Originally Posted by Donnie

My great grandfather never fought the Japanese, though he did fight the Germans the Italians and the Arabs. i remember my great grandfather did say before he died that "dont think it was just the germans that did bad things, we did it aswell. War changed me and my mates". Donnie

Well, war isn´t exactly a clean and sane business, but as much as it changed almost all of those who went to it, it has to be pointed out that the Japs began the fight already behaving like some allied soldiers did after experiencing their atrocities for a while. Just ask the survivors of Nanking in ´37, for chilling tales of early disrespect (to put it mildly) for any form of civilization.

[Trincomalee]

Read William Manchester "Goodbye Darkness A Memoir of the Pacific War" very powerful autobiography about the war against the Japanese .

I can also recommend his book "The Arms of Krupp"