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WWII – War WWII – War CrimesCrimes
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War CrimesWar Crimes
• During WWII, brutal crimes were committed against the innocent by all countries involved in war
• Millions of innocent people were killed by random bombing, genocide, and discrimination
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Bataan Death MarchBataan Death March• American POWs suffered brutal
treatment by the Japanese after the surrender of the Philippines in 1942.
• Forced to march through jungle without food or water
• The treatment of POW’s in the Pacific war reflected the savagery of the fighting
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HolocaustHolocaust
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HolocaustHolocaust
• Genocide: The systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural group
• Final solution: Hitler’s decision to exterminate all Jews
• Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps to be killed
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HolocaustHolocaust
• Holocaust victims: 11 million total–Jews (6 million)
–Poles
–Slavs
–Gypsies
–“Undesirables” (homosexuals, mentally ill, political dissidents)
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Nuremburg TrialsNuremburg Trials
• Nazi leaders and others were convicted of war crimes
• Emphasized individual responsibility for actions during a war, regardless of orders received
• Led to increased demand for a Jewish homeland
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Japanese Japanese InternmentInternment
Japanese Americans were sent to camps (prison) during
the war
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Reasons for InternmentReasons for Internment
• Strong anti-Japanese prejudice on the West Coast
• False belief that Japanese Americans were aiding the enemy
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InternmentInternment
• Japanese sued gov’t for violating their civil rights
• Supreme Court Case of Korematsu vs United States ruled US did not violate Japanese civil rights
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InternmentInternment
• A public apology was eventually issued by the U.S. government in 1980’s.
• Financial restitution was made to survivors
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Geneva ConventionGeneva Convention
• Meeting in Switzerland to ensure the humane treatment of prisoners of war by establishing rules to be followed by all nations
• “The conduct of war often reflects social and moral codes of a nation “
• Set up the rules of war for future wars