[Zhang Fei]

[If the Germans had won the war, this would be exhibit A for war crimes against allied generals.]

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If the Germans had won the war, they would have executed the entire Allied high command, as well as every single Allied soldier. War crimes laws are a joke - an attempt by lawyers distant from the battlefield to preen and give themselves a more prominent role in history than the soldiers who actually risked their lives and died in droves.

[max americana]

Exactly. War is hell. The Nazis and japs were masters of barbarism too. They bitched about us bombing Tokyo multiple times in order to get them to surrender.

[DesertRhino]

War crime trials are unjustified for Battlefield actions. But for things like the death camps, rounding up everyone in town stripping the women naked and shooting them all in the head. Yes there should be trials and hangings. Those aren’t soldiers, those are common criminals. Calling up the Victor’s Justice is also lame. You can say that about every trial with a Criminal faces after a cop finds him and gets him under arrest.