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BUT: if we ignore the other side of the coin, what some A.A.F. pilots did to civilians and some of their defenseless opponents in the air and/or on the ground, we will never be able to understand the civilians’ reaction to those captured pilots! What do you think the farmers in Texas would have done eg. to captured Japanese pilots if they reached the American mainland and started to burn down cities, strafing fellow farmers and their cattle?
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The Americans, Brits and other Allies committed many, many war crimes during World War II and no researcher worth his salt would disagree with that. Axis History Forum is chock full of examples. But we should avoid this topic here for reasons I previously stated. It's a subject that needs to be approached with tact, balance and nuanced prose to avoid stepping on tender toes. Since an ounce of caution is worth a pound of cure, skirting the issue entirely is the best policy as TOCH! does not have a dedicated sub-forum reserved for the discussion of war crimes and allegations.
Larry