Nobody said the Japanese were saints. But, at any rate, if you care to believe Wikipedia, "from 5,000 to 18,000 Filipino deaths and 500 to 650 American deaths during the march..."
So the Horrid "Bataan Death March" did not even reach the amount of casualties when a Russian Submarine torpedoed a German Ocean Liner evacuating civilians from Gdansk (Danzig). The Wilhelm Gustloff was clearly marked as a Hospital Ship and was packed to the gills with 25,000 or more people. All but 150 perished.
Meanwhile, the casualty figures are similar to what the Americans did on Okinawa.
At any rate, trying to justify what the Americans did because of what was done to the Americans is to place us in the same moral class as "Dem Evil Nazis".
Tell that to the families of the Battan death march
Nobody said the Japanese were saints. But, at any rate, if you care to believe Wikipedia, "from 5,000 to 18,000 Filipino deaths and 500 to 650 American deaths during the march..."
So the Horrid "Bataan Death March" did not even reach the amount of casualties when a Russian Submarine torpedoed a German Ocean Liner evacuating civilians from Gdansk (Danzig). The Wilhelm Gustloff was clearly marked as a Hospital Ship and was packed to the gills with 25,000 or more people. All but 150 perished.
Meanwhile, the casualty figures are similar to what the Americans did on Okinawa.
At any rate, trying to justify what the Americans did because of what was done to the Americans is to place us in the same moral class as "Dem Evil Nazis".
Good comment there! Interesting how so many are so well versed on the crimes of the other guys. SMDH!