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[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I'll just repeat the disclaimer again, I haven't been able to confirm that Winston supported a Nazi's defense since I first read it. I started on a long Ben Ferencz article, then found a wiki page for the Nazi with sources that seemed legit on a cursory glance. However, I can't remember the Nazi's name, nor find his article (which Wiki may have removed as articles about individual people are often removed per their rules) nor even the Ferencz article now.

However Churchill's post-war anti-Soviet rhetoric is widely known, and he has been quoted as saying the Soviets were worse than the Nazis.

As for the exact motives, we can only really guess. There's possibly the respect for an opponent, but prosecuting the losers could also turn them into martyrs and stoke further conflict. In particular, WW2 started in part because of the position Germany was in after WW1.

[-] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for all that, now I need to do some more reading.

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