Saving Civilians
The Japanese had long lived by the notion of dying with honor before surrendering. Japanese propaganda also instilled fear in the local population about American soldiers, claiming that they were rapists and murderers. This U.S. soldier helps a Japanese woman emerge with her baby from a hiding place.
Saving Civilians
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Reversing The Roles
Despite the Nazis’ efforts to erase the evidence of the atrocities that they committed, the Allies saw it all. Many of the Nazis who guarded the labor and death camps around Germany and Poland tried to flee as the Allies rescued the camp survivors. This striking image shows a Jewish Holocaust survivor holding one of the guards in place while he fixes a rifle on him.
Reversing The Roles
