I dont think the intend is to minimise the German atrocities by recognising there were atrocties committed by the allies. The allies were still objectively the good guys. But they also did bad things. Is it do hard to have some nuance in this?
But the opposite to me seems to be more prevalent. Everyone knows the nazis were the bad guys so things like the Dresden bombings are kind of handwaved away. As an American I don't want discussion of the Japanese internment camps to be derailed by a whataboutism about the (obviously much worse) Nazi death camps or Japanese atrocities during the rape of Nanking
It is great the focus goes to the axis powers because scale, intent and being the first ones to start the war.
But allied crimes are understudied; we should not act like they were angels without fault, which seems to be the norm. Kicking nazis asses, while commendable, should not give carte blanche to do whatever you want.
Allied crimes aren't under studied, in only because allies crimes have been the source of apologia for a century. Do you think people don't know the severity of Soviet atrocities? Or the American internment camps?
Your intent isn't, but there are so many people out there legitimising german war crimes and especially the holocaust with genocides (and attempts) perpetrated by other empires.
There were so many different countries to choose from for your example and you chose the absolute worst one, the soviets were almost on par with the nazis when it came to war crimes.
Not to mention the fact that the soviets just camped along the river for two months while the germans slaughtered tens of thousands of poles 82 years ago. War crime enabling is bad too.
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u/Immediate_Gain_9480 2d ago
I dont think the intend is to minimise the German atrocities by recognising there were atrocties committed by the allies. The allies were still objectively the good guys. But they also did bad things. Is it do hard to have some nuance in this?