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The method of harsh reprisals and collective punishment, besides being morally bankrupt, actually has a pretty bad track record. The Nazi's in occupied Yugoslav
by openasocket 4y ago
The method of harsh reprisals and collective punishment, besides being morally bankrupt, actually has a pretty bad track record. The Nazi's in occupied Yugoslavia, among other places, had a policy of executing 100 random civilians for every German soldier killed. But this had the exact opposite impact on the resistance movement, actually increasing resistance sentiment.
- bostonsre 4y agoWould be interesting to compare the nazi methodology with the Russian way of war in chechnya. Russia seemed to get submission through not very nice means.
- mc32 4y agoThey both tended to use locals to do their dirty work. For example in Chechnya they didn’t use many “Slavic” Russians but mostly Allies from Chechnya or ex-republics of the CCCP. The nazis also recruited locals.
- danielrpa 4y agoTIL: you should use CCCP only if abbreviating using Cyrillic. In the Latin alphabet, you should use SSSR or, in English, USSR.
- refurb 4y agoI mean the Allied waged total war on Germany including bombing cities into rubble and it turns out pretty well? Same with Japan?