Did the US Army commit these war crimes during WW2?

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Did the US Army commit these war crimes during WW2?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

To think any war can be carried out without that happening is silly/stupid. Fighting out of uniform, like some others have said, is a Special Forces tactic used to infiltrate countries before a full-blown conflict occurs. Desecrating Enemy Bodies is actually done a LOT more by the enemies that the US has fought, particularly the terrorists of today. Torture is a relative term and there's never been a war that somebody wasn't tortured in. Killing prisoners was thrown in there by Tarantino for shock value and clearly it worked or you wouldn't be asking these questions. And apparently you missed the part where it was a FICTIONAL story not based on any real operation or event in World War 2. Additionally, you must take into account that up until the success of the Normandy Invasion, the allied powers were losing the war and were willing to take desperate measures to win at any cost even if it meant putting soldiers in civilian clothes to get behind the lines.



And as soon as a weapon such as an AK47 has been removed from the ground near a corpse of an insurgent, he's suddenly looked at as a civilian casualty by the press since he now lacks a weapon, so maybe your sources should stop the **** now and then trying to make the troops look a million times worse than they are. While I agree with you that Tarantino is over the top and pretty much a nut, I strongly disagree with your evaluation of the current situation and that of the modern media.

Answer 3

The incidents you reference are, indeed, tragedies, and all of them could have been avoided had different command decisions been made, or had a different prevailing attitude been in place. But it's not the "U.S." who committed these acts. It is either individual troops, or small troop units who are responsible. NOT the "U.S." as a nation or the American government per se. Military units of MANY countries have committed much more horrifying atrocities or a much grander scale than has America, and they continue to do so to this day despite the fact that everyone knows about it and condemns their actions. This does not excuse the actions of U.S. troops, but you have to have some perspective here. Look at what Hitler did. Look at what Stalin did. Just those two are responsible for MILLIONS of war crime deaths. Again, there is never a valid excuse for war crimes, but I'll put America's record up against anybody else's when it comes to evil conduct by Armed Forces. America has a long history of chivalrous conduct towards her enemies.

Answer 4

Yes, there were many war crimes committed by Allied countries and most weren't prosecuted. That's the way war crimes goes: only the losing side has to pay for them.



The two biggest war crimes, which you didn't mention, were the firebombing of Dresden and the nuking of civilian Japanese cities. Dresden was a war-neutral city, there were no military units there and no military industry either, and the Allies knew that. But they used so many incendiary bombs on it that the city was engulfed in a huge firestorm that literally burned everything, even the asphalt in the streets, and killed more than either nuclear bomb did.



The a-bombings of Japan are often justified as either:



1) for the sake of saving American military lives, which is not any exception to the illegality of targeting civilians under Geneva convention; or



2) for the sake of saving both Americans and Japanese from dying in the rest of the war. Besides the condescending tone of the argument, it's still no exception to the Geneva accord; and almost nobody ever seems to stop and think: why wasn't the bomb dropped on a military target?



The bomb apologists always say the main purpose was to demonstrate the bomb's power. But that falls flat on its face when you consider the bomb's existence was kept secret until it was dropped on populated cities. Many of the scientists who worked on the bomb agitated for simply showing the Japanese evidence of the bomb's existence and effects. Truman ignored them. Even then, the honorable thing would have been to drop the bomb on a military target. There was no shortage of military bases that could have been wiped out by the A-bomb in one shot, with the Japanese being fully shown the power and yield of the bomb. Truman chose instead to use the bomb as a terror weapon against civilians - a war crime. He was never prosecuted.

Answer 5

No... they are NOT "acting just like the US Army operates today."



There may be a few instances of some individuals doing questionable things... but they are the exception.



You've simply been fooled by people (Liberal democrats) and other enemies of the country that try to fool you into thinking like this.

Answer 6

I have been deployed 5 times and have never seen any incidents like you said, so when you saw the "US army operates today," you are full of BS.



I will admit that there are times that those things do happen by individuals, but it is not an institutionalized thing by the US Army.



Even when you look at Abu Grabe, it was about 14 people out of 150,000 over there at the time.



Other incidents have been individual occurrences and those individuals have prosecuted by the US Army.



The movie is just a fictional story, that is all.

Answer 7

This stuff happens. War is never a clean thing, but using it to make a profit is just as dirty as any war crime.

Of course, though, the people that do that will say that they did it to inform people. But really, it's just to make money.

Answer 8

So you watched a movie and are now an expert on war crimes and the laws of war?



And you really need to pull your head out if you think that these are current US tactics.

Answer 9

That stuff still happens.Special OP/Force teams need to dress as civilians to blend in like,the Green berets/SEAL's,SAD/SOG.With the the other three things you brought up,it does still happen today but,is very very very classified.The CIA is not going to advertise the things that they do.Why would they? It would be very stupid if they did.

Answer 10

If you think of Tarantino's movies as being truthful documentaries, I suggest that you never see the film "From Dusk til Dawn". An idiot like yourself could be really freaked out by it.

Answer 11

My Lai, 16 March 1968 Guantanamo water boarding



Paton told his troops to Murder disarmed pows In the Biscari massacre, which consist of two instances of mass murders, U.S. troops of the 45th Infantry Division killed roughly 75 prisoners of war, mostly Italian no of course the Americans don't do these kind of things 25 unarmed SS soldiers were killed by Americans in a Belgian village after they surrendered



Japanese who did become prisoners were killed on the spot or en route to prison compounds. According to Aldrich it was common practise for U.S. troops not to take prisoners. This analysis is supported by British historian Niall Ferguson, who also says that, in 1943, "a secret [U. S.] intelligence report noted that only the promise of ice cream and three days leave would ... induce American troops not to kill surrendering Japanese



Read about Eisenhowers death camps where 1.7 Million Disarmed POW'S were Murdered

Edit Col. James Mason and Col. Charles Beasley who were in the U.S. Army Medical Corps who published a paper on the Eisenhower Death Camps in 1950.



Read what paton said and the US Colonel who was there as a guard



here is exactly what the war criminal Paton said Quote



When we land against the enemy, don't forget to hit him and hit him hard. When we meet the enemy we will kill him. We will show him no mercy. He has killed thousands of your comrades and he must die. If your company officers in leading your men against the enemy find him shooting at you and when you get within two hundred yards of him he wishes to surrender – oh no! That bastard will die! You will kill him. Stick him between the third and fourth ribs. You will tell your men that. They must have the killer instinct. Tell them to stick him. Stick him in the liver. We will get the name of killers and killers are immortal. When word reaches him that he is being faced by a killer battalion he will fight less. We must build up that name as killers. – George S. Patton



and 75 Disarmed Italian POWS died



and this soldier was at Eisenhower's death camps



http://www.the7thfire.com/Politics%20and%20History/us_war_crimes/Eisenhowers_death_camps.htm



and the question is did the USA commit these war crimes yes and More



the Americans only use the Geneva Convention against the Losers



Edit who is TARENTINO never heard of him and i have never seen this film



my answer is from my time In Germany and from the USA owned and Controlled Google and i fail to see how anyone could really believe all 462,000 link are all lies even if 1% is true then it is true

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Try looking at these Links on the Deaths of 1.7 Million German Disarmed POW's that Eisenhower Blamed on the Russians



http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=eisenhower%27s+Holocaust&btnG=Search&meta= 462,000 links



http://h.whyville.net/smmk/whytimes/article?id=9962



http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=eisenhower%27s+death+camps&spell=1



I assume if it is ok for Eisenhower



http://www.scribd.com/doc/14020/In-Eisenhowers-Death-Camps



http://elliotlakenews.wordpress.com/2007/01/04/eisenhowers-death-camps-after-wwii/



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3869117/General-George-S.-Patton-was-assassinated-to-silence-his-criticism-of-allied-war-leaders-claims-new-book.html



don't believe me read ALL the links then decide if the thousands of people who were there are wrong



Thumbs down will not stop me Telling the world the Truth I will always answer with the Truth and proof

Answer 12

There is no kind of dumb like the mikky kind of dumb , now is there ?

Answer 13

most likely..this is why they call it war! unfortunate

Answer 14

you sir are a POS. You are anti-military just like the movie, and other ones that Hollywood left wing American/military.



You have showed your true color, RATHER TO BE RED THEN DEAD.