> "Medieval armies, say, were not generally followed by specialist murder units." Wasn't sacking of cities in antiquity and medieval times basically looting of

> "Medieval armies, say, were not generally followed by specialist murder units." Wasn't sacking of cities in antiquity and medieval times basically looting of all valuables and either the killing or enslavement of the population, mixed in with considerable brutalization during the process? The entire besieging army took part in that. > "I think there's a reasonable case that the Nazi military really did have a special, virtually unique brand of evil." Nope, I'd say the Imperial Japanese Army had them beat on that score easily: they spared themselves the need for specialized units by simply having the entire military commit atrocities. Much larger scale than the Nazis too.