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What is the cruelest army on Earth?
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Poll Question: Nazis SS/Whemactch
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70 [23.49%]
53 [17.79%]
39 [13.09%]
64 [21.48%]
38 [12.75%]
8 [2.68%]
11 [3.69%]
15 [5.03%]
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    Posted: 06-Mar-2005 at 09:35

  I think the Nazis are definately the worst.
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I'd say the Assyrians even though that isn't a choice.
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I think also Assyirans.
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The Aztecs were quite brutal against their prisoners of war. They fought wars to get more prisoners to sacrifice
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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06-Mar-2005 at 12:13

I think Spanish Coquisadors were tye most cruel ones from the options. Because they murdered all innocent Aztecs violently for gold. The Aztecs first tought that they were gods and let them enter their cities peacefully, but they didnt forgive anybody, including all villagers.

And I heard another thing about the invasion of south America. Cortez took the chief, or prince of a city and then, he promised to let the prince live if they gave all the gold and treasure of the city. And they accepted the deal. But after Cortez recieved all gold of the city, he tortured the prince and killed both the prince and the villagers of the city. Obvious cruelty...
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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06-Mar-2005 at 12:15
I also dont understand why you put "Ottoman Turks" as an option. What kind of cruelty can let an army help the injured soldiers of the enemy in a war?
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Where is the Wehrmacht?
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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06-Mar-2005 at 13:08

I would day it's the SS.
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yeah, at first I thought Mongols and Assyrians, but seeing the options and thinking about it, i'd say SS as well.
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On that list, I'd go with WWII-era Japanese.

Look at their track record:

Mass rapes in Korea

The "Rape of Nanking"

The Bataan "Death March"

Tojo's murder of American airmen

The release of Anthrax throughout China--germ warfare

Medical experiments on Chinese civilians and Allied POWs

 

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Also, I have to laugh at those who criticize the Spanish conquistadores, who were certainly no more ruthless than any other soldiers in Europe or the Middle East at that time, let alone the Aztecs, whose entire culture was rooted in an obsession with death and human sacrifice. 

And the Ottoman Turks would certainly qualify too--both for the early modern period (the infamous Wallachian voivode, Vlad Dracula, took his preferred method of execution--impalement--from the Turks), and the 20th century (the Armenian Genocide of 1915).

 
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Posts: 1117 		  Quote Thegeneral Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06-Mar-2005 at 18:13
I would have liked to see the Soviet army during WWII and throughout Soviet history really.  But the worst on the list is definatly the Japs in WWII.
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A silly question. Need a timeframe, war or battle list, treatment of populace, treatment of prisoners, etc.

Nazi's and Soviets are tops in the 20'th century.

Royal Brittania are tops in the 19'th century. Must be the empires needs to use other nationalities to fight for the Brits in various wars.

American treatment of native indians is subhuman.

Spaniards are tops in cruel treatment of the southern Americas.

Roman legions deserve moore attention but don't know enough of their history. Yet their downfall is full of immoral activities.

Mongol hordes had a systematic extermination policy. Therefore, tops in their era.

Ottomans were to span a large period of history. Their main cruelty can stem from transfering of populations. Yet no population has suffered excile and the brunt of so many wars as have the Ottomans. Therefore, only marginal cruelty.

Crusades were for two causes - conquering holy lands and employement for the downtrodden. Got to love lust for luxury items or be killed, i.e. - Latin crusade agaisnst eastern orthodox Byzantines.
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Posts: 4310 		  Quote Tobodai Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06-Mar-2005 at 18:47

Id say its a tiue between WW2 era Japan and the SS, f9ollowed by the Assyrians

It may seem that the conquistadores are bad too but most of th epeople that died around them whered due to disease which may have aided them but wasn not intentional.
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Posts: 292 		  Quote RED GUARD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-Mar-2005 at 18:55

  Sorry about this guys but, when I was making this topic, I acciendentally deleted the Nazis.
Quotes by your's turly:

"I came, I saw, and I conquered... but only for the weekend"

"This is my tank, this is my weapon, and this is my pride."

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japanese soldiers were definitely more cruel.
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i would assume WW2 japanese soldiers. The POW % of living was like 6% in the pacific theater
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Maybe it is because i haven't read about the atrocities commited by Japanese other than 1937., but i gave my vote to the Red Army during Stalin. Raping a million women during the time they were "liberating" Europe from nazis is pretty animal-like.
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Raping a million women during the time they were "liberating" Europe from nazis is pretty animal-like

so there are quite a few of russian descends in europe.
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Originally posted by Fobulous

Turks

That is a Joke, the Turks ruled the Balkan (South-East-Europe) over 500 Years and 90% of all Balkanians are still Christians.
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