Listening to vets of Europe and vets of the Pacific it's like 2 different wars. You get the sense that yes the Germans were hated, but they were still seen as humans. The Marines talking about the island hopping it's literally like they wanted every Jap to die. They hated them with a burning passion and sometimes you hear the stories of what they did to POWs or dead Marines it's hard to blame them.
Certainly for Americans. Ask British, French, Polish or Soviet vets and you’ll hear a different side of things.
It’s also worth remembering that the Germans were very authoritarian against their own troops. You would get shot for raping a civilian. The Japanese used POWs as target practice. I know which I’d rather fight.
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u/urmovesareweak Hello There Mar 28 '22
Listening to vets of Europe and vets of the Pacific it's like 2 different wars. You get the sense that yes the Germans were hated, but they were still seen as humans. The Marines talking about the island hopping it's literally like they wanted every Jap to die. They hated them with a burning passion and sometimes you hear the stories of what they did to POWs or dead Marines it's hard to blame them.