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Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc
The brutality involved in trying to roust thousands upon thousands of Japanese soldiers out of their islands caves in the Pacific, when they would much rather be burned alive than suffer the disgrace of surrender, was just as bad.
Both the eastern front and the pacific campaign were just unbelievably brutal.
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Were Japanese soldiers thrown out of the infirmary, soaked with a hose, and left to freeze to death? There are numerous stories of soldiers being unable to roust Soviet soldiers with flamethrowers, and I don't recall there being Japanese batallions ordered to fire on Japanese soldiers if they moved back.
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