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In WWI these towns were destroyed by incidentally being close to the front. In WWII towns were destroyed by genocide. One example is covered by "The World at Wa
by petermcneeley 8y ago
In WWI these towns were destroyed by incidentally being close to the front. In WWII towns were destroyed by genocide. One example is covered by "The World at War" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4g4ZZNC1E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4g4ZZNC1E
- wazoox 8y agoIt's Oradour-sur-Glane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane
- mirimir 8y agoGiven how many innocents died in London, Dresden, Leningrad, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, etc -- not to mention the Holocaust itself -- "genocide" seems rather overwrought. This one sounds about like Mỹ Lai. And the troop psychology was probably similar.
- ThrowawayR2 8y ago> ...London, Dresden, Leningrad, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, etc -- not to mention the Holocaust itself... Don't forget the deaths in China and the rest of Asia. The estimate of 17-22 million civilians dead is around double even that of the Holocaust.
- mirimir 8y agoYeah, China. I know of the Cultural Revolution, and maybe there's more. And it was careless to forget the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia.