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Re:I found my Grandpa’s notes 20 years after he died (2020) by burkaman on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @11:45AM (#27051400)
Don't know much about the history of this, but it seems like there were substantial war crimes tribunals in Japan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes#War_crime_.... Almost a thousand executed, and thousands more given some prison time, including some very high ranking generals and politicians.
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Re:I found my Grandpa’s notes 20 years after he died (2020) by soperj on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @11:50AM (#27051463)
Interesting! Thanks! I knew specifically about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731 not getting tried by the Americans, didn't know the rest.
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Re:I found my Grandpa’s notes 20 years after he died (2020) by burkaman on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @11:51AM (#27051485)
I see, yeah it's not surprising there were exceptions. Obviously agree with your larger point that winners tend not to subject themselves to tribunals.
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