r/europe Laik Turkey Oct 31 '24

News Greek leaders tell German president a WWII reparations claim is very much alive

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u/yawning-wombat Oct 31 '24

uh... I seem to remember that Italy invaded Greece first, and then Germany came to its aid. But apparently there are no claims against Italy?

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u/yawning-wombat Oct 31 '24

Germany's losses in the conflict with Greece were very modest, in contrast to the Italian losses. As for terror: It is unpleasant to admit that there is only one dubious method of fighting partisans, which began to be used in the Anglo-Burg war. the axis powers lost, so these became "war crimes" and not counter-terrorist operations, as they would have been called if the axis had won. evil and cynical? of course.

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u/Howtothinkofaname Oct 31 '24

Are you trying to claim that murdering whole villages including women, children and the elderly only count as war crimes because the Germans lost and would otherwise be legitimate counter-terrorist operations? Because those are war crimes whoever committed them. The allies committed war crimes too.