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Japan’s “great ally”, USA, used to boil flesh off of Japanese skulls and send them home as war trophies and gifts to their sweeties back home. (rarehistoricalphotos.com)
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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 5 days ago

Turns out if you dehumanise your enemies completely, war crimes happen.

Although the japanese mostly just mutilated you when you were alive.