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Old 09-01-2009, 11:15 AM   #179
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction View Post
In the case of the Chinese and Serbs, they were both active participants in the war as well... both declaring war and occupying land that wasn't theirs. Both were victims but also aggressors and that is a big reason why they aren't memorialized they way the Jews are - who did not decare war or militarily occupy land.

I don't want to downplay the acts of the Croatian and Bosniak Nazis because I know they were terrible and disgraced Croatia, but the Serb dominated Chetnik armies committed numerous atrocities as well - many of which go unmentioned to this day. The Chinese were also bullying their neighbours before the Japanese invasion.
Yeah, the Balkans are a cesspit of hatred. But the Serbs were opposed to Hitler and the Croats sided with him, so the Serbs got it. I'm not sure that the Chinese were bullying anyone, considering they were basically surrounded by USSR, Japan, and British possessions prior to WW 2.
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