Word: treating
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...intend to rule the Germans as slaves by military force till the end of time, we must treat them with justice and, if possible, with mercy. Other wise we lay here and now the foundations of the next...
...theory of occupation was that an Allied commission representing all four powers could treat Germany as one country under one government. On paper, the arrangement was perfect: General Eisen hower for the U.S., and Russian, British and French members yet to be named would clear all common questions, send common directives to the four sub-govern ments. The first purpose of this technically coordinated quartering was to keep Germany impotent. Wisely applied by powers solely devoted to that aim, it might achieve the purpose. But defeated Germany was something more than a nation to be held down: it was also...
...forces are, for better or worse, delivered into the victors' hands. In this war, which has lasted more than five years, both have achieved and suffered more than perhaps any other people in the world. In this hour I can only express the hope that the victors will treat them with generosity...
...opinion of a high U.S. Government official on how to treat enemy Japanese, see PEOPLE...
...things the military police do is to tell the villagers that they must really show that they have surrendered by flying big white flags.) This is good psychology: it teaches these Germans that they are conquered. If sniping is done from a house flying a white flag the Americans treat it as they would a military obstacle. Here & there you come to a house that has been completely smashed and whose timbers are still smoldering. If resistance comes from a house, there is no dickering: a tank crew blows it apart, and rolls calmly on. After a few such examples...