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6.3. Civillian Experience - Coggle Diagram
6.3. Civillian Experience
Civilians were considered legitimate targets for the first time
Death tolls were very high during World War 2
Strategic Bombing
The Bombing of Dresden
20,000 German civilians died, due to incendiary bombs
extreme nationalism and racism
People were easily dehumanized and treated as animals
Japanese viewed Chinese as less then human beings
Propaganda promoted racial stereotypes
new forms of technology that was deadly and destructive
Examples of new technology
Jet planes
rockets
flame thrower
The nuclear bombs
Only 2 uses
Nagasaki
After both bombs Japanese government is offered to surrender
They agree after Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Entire cities are leveled as if it wasn't there
Nanking, China 1937
30% of deaths in the war was in China
The code of Bushido
samurai code where surrendering is worse than death
The Kamikaze: plane pilots were told to suicide into Allied ships
Germany betrays the Soviets
The Siege of Leningrad
almost a million people died to starvation