Unkotare
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I think the German soldier was by far the better soldier, but he did surrender, and the Japanese soldier did not.
About 50,000 did, despite heavy propaganda that led most to believe they would be tortured and killed by Allied forces if they did so.
I don't think Europeans believed they would be killed or tortured by allied forces.
That's what I implied in my post. Even so, giving up the fight was never considered laudable in 'the West' either. "Death before dishonor" is a 'Western' ethos as it is elsewhere.
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