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TAR20 Leg 11: Best showcasing of Japan ever?
starrynight:
--- Quote from: redskevin88 on May 11, 2012, 05:14:35 AM ---Japan killed 30 million Asians during World War II.
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There is no agreed figure on this at all, but people so easily accept what they are told which was my point. Elsewhere people discuss and question such a figure rather than just accept it blindly.
http://www.jref.com/forum/all-things-japanese-26/has-japan-killed-more-foreign-civilians-wwii-than-any-other-country-history-16290/
Prophet:
DrRox :jam: :jam: :jam: :jam: :jam: :jam: :jam:
Basically, if America did not fight the wars she fought, Germany may still be killing Jews, inncocent Japanese would still be in bondage to their militant government, the Soviet could have unleashed some terror upon the world (they had smallpox strains), thousands of people would still be in the bondage of socialism and Communism, and so on. Sometimes wars are necessary; sometimes not.
starrynight:
erm American didn't do most of that on it's own, and couldn't have either. And some things America has done on its own have been misguided.
DrRox:
--- Quote from: starrynight on May 11, 2012, 01:45:54 PM ---erm American didn't do most of that on it's own, and couldn't have either. And some things America has done on its own have been misguided.
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You are quite correct. But then again, hindsight is always 20/20. Also you live in a world where you are entitled to express your opinion, whatever it is.
DrRox:
--- Quote from: Prophet on May 11, 2012, 01:11:18 PM ---DrRox :jam: :jam: :jam: :jam: :jam: :jam: :jam:
Basically, if America did not fight the wars she fought, Germany may still be killing Jews, inncocent Japanese would still be in bondage to their militant government, the Soviet could have unleashed some terror upon the world (they had smallpox strains), thousands of people would still be in the bondage of socialism and Communism, and so on. Sometimes wars are necessary; sometimes not.
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Functionally, the Soviet Union defeated Germany. The Soviet Union survived with the help of alot of material resources from the United States untill the Soviets could get their factories rebuilt east of the Urals. The turning point in the European Theater was the Battle of Stalingrad. After that battle, the Soviets pushed the Germans all the way back to Berlin. The Western Allies liberated N.Africa, Italy, France and the Low Countries and sort of closed the back door on Germany. By VE Day, the Germany military had ceased to exist.
Japan was a different story. On VJ Day, the Japanese AirForce and Nave were non existant, but the Japanese Army was relatively intact. The problem was, they were scattered and isolated all over East Asia. The main difference in the two theaters was pretty much a simple matter of geography. Germany had the ability to manuver or shift it forces from one place to another and the Japanese lost that ability.
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