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A comment on Night of the Guillotine: The Fall of Robespierre. Parent comment

Re:Night of the Guillotine: The Fall of Robespierre by Smithalicious on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @11:24PM (#27829319)
It's not fair to equate war deaths with genocide deaths
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Re:Night of the Guillotine: The Fall of Robespierre by CamperBob2 on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @12:25AM (#27829727)
What do you think the Japanese were planning to do, exactly?
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Re:Night of the Guillotine: The Fall of Robespierre by ThrowawayR2 on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @01:50AM (#27830079)
War deaths? Surely you jest. Most of that 2.5x were civilians and were killed by the Imperial Japanese Army in ways a lot nastier than the concentration camps; it was genocide in all but name. The depth of hatred for the Japanese among older Asians is staggering for that very reason.
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Re:Night of the Guillotine: The Fall of Robespierre by hnzix on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @01:49AM (#27830072)
Japan's wartime actions in Manchuria were a genocide, they followed the "Three Alls" policy: "kill all, burn all, loot all". Arguably responsible for the deaths of more than 2.7 million Chinese civilians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Alls_Policy

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