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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by Willravel
I'm hesitant to believe your understanding of what really happened now.
The San Francisco Treaty simply was an official end to the war between the allies and Japan, it had nothing to do with war crimes. The war crimes were addressed in the aftermath of the war with the thousands of trials of Japanese soldiers and officials, including most notably the Tokyo Trials in which those responsible for such reprehensible acts as the Nanking Massacre and the use of narcotics and biological weapons were sentenced. Death by hanging is a rather serious punishment, wouldn't you say?
As for the reparations (monetary compensation) to the Philippines by Japan, Japan gave 198 billion yen (or about 550 million in USD).
Anyway, none of this is particularly pertinent to the topic at hand, which is something you simply refuse to discuss (which I understand, I don't like being wrong either).
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Sorry there are two points I'm confusing here. Reparations and war crimes.
Reparations were meted out by the treaty. Warcrimes were via the trials.
I'm going to say that my family did not receive any justice from courts, nor any payments or reparations. I've done extensive family history and geneological interviews and have gotten no satisfaction of knowledge in that aspect.
Again, where is the justice? As far as I'm concerned It didn't exist.
Acutally will, unlike you, I've stated before I like being wrong. Being wrong gives me the opportunity to learn something new. Since you're an expert at most everything, I'm sure you find it challenging to learn new things.
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