>> I've no immediate decisions to make but I wonder what others here think. Surely it's
>> time to move on, though without minimising or forgetting?
I think that's right, now, in the 21st Century. There was though, I think understandably, a greater reluctance to forgive the Japanese than the Germans based on their treatment of POW.
I was taught by and later worked people who'd been in camps in Burma etc. I would not in any way minimise the physical effects of poor nutrition etc in European theatres, still less the psychological aftermath, the effects of being imprisoned by the Japanese were in another league.
If the veteran you mention was a relative of people imprisoned in the east, and it wasn't just servicemen, then I might cut him some slack.
Otherwise No.
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Tue 17 Nov 20 at 18:43
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