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I do wonder why the occupation authorities did the exact opposite for Germany, emphasizing war crimes, collective guilt, etc, since (West) Germany was also a bu
by PolygonSheep 7mo ago
I do wonder why the occupation authorities did the exact opposite for Germany, emphasizing war crimes, collective guilt, etc, since (West) Germany was also a bulwark against the Soviet bloc?
- amunozo 7mo agoMaybe partition has something to do? You had another Germany that would be viewed as "the good one" if these things are not done.
- laughing_man 7mo agoIt may just be that there were different people involved making different decisions. But I suspect the reason was they viewed Naziism as a greater evil than Communism, whereas the emperor worship in Japan was seen as relatively harmless. Though they did hang a whole lot of Japanese politicians and officers.