For those who wish to learn more about this, I suggest the following site:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/1791/books.html
Sadly, massacres are a part of warfare, as is genocide or attempted genocide. The recent events in Bosnia-Herzcegovina with images of emaciated men in prison camps could have been taken in World War II. Stalin was responsible for the deaths of millions, including some of his own military officers.
Ed