become other people's "fish on the chopping block" again.
This didn't happen often enough:
[Firstly, Soviet forces, while neither as murderous or as cruel as Japanese or German troops, had, in East Prussia and Berlin, displayed a propensity for rape. This would repeat itself in Manchuria. Secondly, many Manchus and Chinese took the opportunity to avenge themselves for years of exploitation and brutality.
Beavor recounts how about 1,000 Japanese women and girls gathered at an aerodrome. When the Soviets arrived, they demanded girls as the spoils of war or threatened to burn down the hanger. Young single women volunteered to go out; older ones offered prayers for their sacrifice. Captured Japanese nurses were turned into comfort women. ]
"Liberators" are notto be trusted either:
[Nor would all the locals find their liberators congenial. One of Hastings’ sources, Xu Guiming, watched a Soviet soldier grab a local girl and attempt to rape her. As the girl resisted, the soldier’s companion shot her – and accidentally shot his comrade. Troops on a passing vehicle fired a burst, killing the murderer, leaving the three corpses on the street.
“The Russians were supposed to be our liberators, our brothers, but we quickly learned to regard them as enemies…they were no more than wolves.”]
https://asiatimes.com/2020/08/red-storm-on-rising-sun/
to become others' "meat on the chopping block" again.
This didn't happen often enough:
