Ethics of pilots fighting for the sides in WWII

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Good point Igo

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

There is a saying: A good man in a bad place. I suspect there were many such men, and women in those days.

One thing I have always found heartening about the Japanese was the behavior of many civilians and enlisted men towards prisoners in the home islands. Despite the threat of being quite literally beaten to death if caught fraternising with the enemy, many risked their own saftey to show kindness to PoW's.

You also hear many stories of the Japanese Navy, who treated prisoners relatively well, being very unwilling to hand captured allied sailors over to the army and the work camps and apologizing to the prisoners they were handing over.