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When Did The Practise Of Allowing An Army That Had Taken A City A Day Of Rape And Pillage?
The fall of Berlin to the Red Army near the end of WW2, maybe? But apart from that?
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The Practice. To Practise. [i] OK, I'll get my coat ;-) [i]
01:45 Wed 02nd Mar 2016
Has it ended ? Mercenary groups and rebel forces are not uncommonly accused of rape. If official national armies had individual incidents how many would get hushed up ? I don't know if countries signed up to banning it under UN charters, but I suspect many nations would have come to officially banning it in their own time anyway. Need to be seen upholding moral values and respect for humans.
It is a good psychological tool for creating an atmosphere of terror and submission for a victorious army to be allowed to rampage through captured territory.
Rape has only ever been about control and power, so it is a useful way of stamping authority on a defeated army and populace.
Destruction obviously fulfils the same role.
I imagine that it still goes on today in various wars around the world.
Rape has only ever been about control and power, so it is a useful way of stamping authority on a defeated army and populace.
Destruction obviously fulfils the same role.
I imagine that it still goes on today in various wars around the world.
It was an unwritten tradition that if a besieged city surrendered then the occupants were treated decently(ish). If the besiegers had to fight their way in and took heavy casualties then they compensated themselves. The French armies under Napoleon were particularly nasty which eventually led to their downfall as so much resentment accumulated in the countries that they occupied.
when did the practise ...... what ?
this sounds like a question from Moleeworth's History exam
well you know I would come up with an off-the-wall reference
Grotius 1625 wrote the first book on international law and here he is on rape and pillage
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I am not sure if he is for it
the Romans certainly were
As you well know the Victors dont commit war crimes and altho the Rape of Nanking ( 1937 250 000 dead ) was a war crime its erm sister atrocity the Rape of Berlin 1945 was NOT ( but is now considered to be one )
Is there more war crime around than there was then ?
No there are more tv cameras ......
this sounds like a question from Moleeworth's History exam
well you know I would come up with an off-the-wall reference
Grotius 1625 wrote the first book on international law and here he is on rape and pillage
http://
I am not sure if he is for it
the Romans certainly were
As you well know the Victors dont commit war crimes and altho the Rape of Nanking ( 1937 250 000 dead ) was a war crime its erm sister atrocity the Rape of Berlin 1945 was NOT ( but is now considered to be one )
Is there more war crime around than there was then ?
No there are more tv cameras ......
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