...The government prevented more mistreatment of prisoners of war very well by issuing multiple laws and charging the accused enemy with murder. Prisoners of war are people who are taken prisoner during a military conflict. There are modern laws pertaining to the treatment of prisoners of war that date back to the middle ages, but the most common source of modern international laws about the prisoners’ treatment is found in the Geneva Convention. Early in the Civil War, the prisons were easily able to hold the numbers of prisoners, partially due to the prisoner exchange agreement. Later, the number of facilities used to hold prisoners was forced to increase. Prisoners of war were treated very poorly in the Civil war, and the public was outraged...
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...“gender amnesia” (Berkin, 3) many historians have shown in regards to the American Revolution. The book states in the beginning that, “women could hardly have been passive observers” (Berkin, 7) because the war was so close to home. Women participation began immediately, during the British goods boycott they “became crucial participants in the first organized opposition to British Policy,” (Berkin, 13) without their assistance the boycott would not have worked. They continued to be part of the war effort when many would accompany soldiers into battle, “as cooks, washerwomen, seamstresses, nurses, scavengers for...
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...raping of nanking is the most unknown event in history. The rape of nanking was an example of gendercide against men & women . It’s mainly known for the mistreatment done to the women. They were brutally injured ,traumatized or killed. Defenseless men were made POWs, murdered or used for bayonet practice. They were also burned and buried alive. The raping of nanking violates human rights because no one is subjected to torture or cruel inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment. This event violated article 5. (Source 8) Japan & China had several feuds prior to this incident. Japan and China went to war in 1884 to gain control of China’s trading ports. Between 1899 and 1907 a city called the Hague in netherlands agreed to to prohibit the mistreatment of POWs and civilians. By the 1930s Japan thought it was their destiny to conquer China. Refugees tried to escape crossing the Yangtze river. Due to no transportation they were trapped on the east bank, many tried to swim across. Japanese soldiers arrived firing several shots. A Japanese soldier reported he had seen an estimate of 50,000 bodies adults & children. (Source 2)...
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...Owen is Anti-War By Cianan Thomson Silhouetted against the backdrop of his own experiences as a soldier, Wilfred Owen’s anthology “The War Poems” elucidates the brutality of World War 1 and its corrosive effects on those involved. Owen’s acerbic depictions and horrific imagery aim to depict the truth of war and condemn those who romanticised its violent battlefield. Owen’s detestation towards war is emphasised through his description of the suffering and dehumanization of the soldiers. Additionally, he uses his anthology to slander the British government who has sent innocent soldiers to their deaths. Moreover, Owen criticises those who stay at home, unaware of the true horrors and devastations of war. Ultimately, Owen endeavours to expose the true barbarity of the “Great War” and evoke a sense of tragedy in his British readers whom were previously deceived by poets of the day who glorify war and the dying for one’s nation. Owen’s collection of War Poems explores the suffering of the soldiers by likening their treatment to the ruthless handling of livestock. In his poem, “Anthem for Doomed Youth”, Owen illustrates the soldiers as “[those] who die as cattle”. By likening the soldiers to cattle who are slaughtered by the masses, Owen depicts the vast casualties of war and the little mercy they receive for their death. Owen’s animal-related simile effectively dehumanises the soldiers, portraying their lives as valueless in the context of war. The soldier’s anonymity is maintained...
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...RAPE IN MILITARY Back in my hometown, when I was just a young little girl, there was a time that American movie culture approached us and caught many attentions to viewers. During that time, the genre that amazed and thrilled me the most was those movies about war, for which my admiration to military women was later developed through such great movies like Pearl Harbor or Cadet Kelly. For the first time in my life, I realized how honored, brave and independent a woman can be, and most importantly, how there was still a place in the World where women were respected and appreciated. I was indeed grateful for that. However, having grown up and experienced with several cultures, I started to discover the dark sides of every society, in which the unfair treatment to women still happens in family, at work place, or even on the streets. My belief from childhood about an existing fairness for women has collapsed immediately after I figured out a dirty truth behind the most disciplined, governmentally institutional family called the U.S military. An analysis of military women who was raped during their serving reveals an increasing number of victims from last several years, which somehow has turned into an issue called “military rape culture”, while emphasizes the extravagant neglect of the authorities when it comes to let the cat out of the bag. My fellow women, have you ever gotten into a situation when you had to gather all your courage to choose the very rough path but eventually...
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...During World War II, great injustice was being done to many people in Germany. Most living there at that time were part of the Nazi party either because they believed that it was acceptable to mistreat others or they were scared of the consequences of not joining this political party. Most did not understand that even by joining the party they were becoming a big part of the problem, because the more supporters they had the more soldiers and resources they were provided. Others did not join, but also did not do anything to help, which did not resolve anything either. These people did not think that there was anything that they could do to help make any changes, but some came to realize what a huge difference one person could make. Some families offered to hide people in their homes, keeping them safe from the Nazi soldiers. Others helped to smuggle the Jewish people from the concentration and death camps. One does not have to do something as big as risking their life to make a change though....
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...1. Why do you think that the black soldiers were paid less than the white soldiers? Black soldiers faced additional problems stemming from racial prejudice. Racial discrimination was prevalent even in the North, and discriminatory practices permeated the U.S. military. Segregated units were formed with black enlisted men and typically commanded by white officers and black noncommissioned officers. The 54th Massachusetts was commanded by Robert Shaw and the 1st South Carolina by Thomas Wentworth Higginson—both white. Black soldiers were initially paid $10 per month from which $3 was automatically deducted for clothing, resulting in a net pay of $7. In contrast, white soldiers received $13 per month from which no clothing allowance was drawn. In June 1864 Congress granted equal pay to the U.S. Colored Troops and made the action retroactive. Black soldiers received the same rations and supplies. In addition, they received comparable medical care. The black troops, however, faced greater peril than white troops when captured by the Confederate Army. In 1863 the Confederate Congress threatened to punish severely officers of black troops and to enslave black soldiers. As a result, President Lincoln issued General Order 233, threatening reprisal on Confederate prisoners of war (POWs) for any mistreatment of black troops. Although the threat generally restrained the Confederates, black captives were typically treated more harshly than white captives. In perhaps the most heinous known...
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...The Chinese Civil War KMT vs. CCP The Chinese civil war of 1946-49, is considered one of the most brutal and bloody conflicts near the final stages of the Second World War, which took the lives of millions of soldiers and civilians. The war was fought between two parties, the Kuomintang (KMT or Nationalists) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP or Reds). The leaders of these parties respectively were Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong. The war between the KMT and CCP wasn’t a new struggle but a continuation that dates back more than a couple decades and resumes after the Japanese had surrendered in 1945. In 1949, the better armed KMT were ultimately defeated by the CCP. The reasons for the CCP’s decisive victory are due to the poor mismanagements of Chiang Kai-shek combined with the corruption of the KMT, the superior leadership and tactics of Mao Zedong and the communists, the positive support from the peasants, and the aid provided by the Soviet Union. Although Chiang and his Nationalists looked like they had all the advantages over the CCP at the end of the Japanese war, Chiang’s leadership and the corruption of officers in the KMT’s forces known as the “Nationalist Revolutionary Army” (NRA), would be a major cause in the KMT’s defeat. One of Chiang’s military goals was to be the head of a national army that would heed all of his orders which was never fully accomplished. Throughout the civil war, the armies he controlled were a mixed bag. There were...
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...Imagine, a small child, born and raised in a country of conflict, holding a fully automatic rifle, ready to fight in war, this is a picture of a child soldier. The media does not show you the real news of innocent children fighting for their lives to survive and elude the conflict for a better life and future. The silence of the people continues to support the serious issue, passively letting it happen to vulnerable children who are in need of care and help. Children are forced by their leaders/commanders to do the unimaginable such as killing innocent civilians, other children, and even their families, scarring them for life. These young soldiers are deprived from a normal childhood and education as most children have in today's society. Many...
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...During World war one, in the trenches, there was a huge deterioration. Soldiers not only died from the weapons and wounds, but mainly died due to the spread of diseases. Diseases as small as a common cold was spread or diseases such as shell shock or trench foot infested the trenches. Many of these diseases were contracted due to harsh weather conditions. Men were buried where they were killed, they didn’t have time to provide a proper burial. The trenches were littered with food scraps and trash. This caused an infestation of rats in the trenches, a man recalled that he was woken up by the sound of rats gnawing on a severely damaged hand. Another health issue that had a significant impact on the men is the Trench Influenza. This influenza was caused by lice, this disease was said to have killed more people than the war itself. Trench influenza ran rampant in the trenches due to the men not being able to wash their clothes. This caused the men to scratch unceasingly. The clothes they would wear were covered in lice eggs. When they would put their clothes on it would open up the egg, as a result, the lice, being verily infectious and dangerous, caused the soldiers exorbitant pain....
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...20,000 females, destruction of private property, theft, and inhumane torture as Japanese soldiers spiraled into a vicious cycle of sadism and flagrant violation of morality. This event, resulting in further degradation of Sino-Japanese relations, wrests the title of the most horrific atrocity from all other World War II theatres, excluding the Holocaust. Following this mass carnage, asking why such an event transpired is permissible. The Allies charged and executed Japanese General Iwane Matsui for his role in the Rape of Nanking [war crimes], because the Rape of Nanking was not the result of a breakdown of discipline, but the successful...
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...People were worried that if the war ended while the men were still POW’s then the Japanese would kill them to hide any mistreatment that happened. The prisoners of war first had to fight the Japanese, then when they surrendered they were placed in POW camps, then many of them had to march 65 miles to a new camp, and many of them did all of this while suffering from diseases. “For the men of Bataan, disease was the real enemy, killing them and sapping their morale with even greater efficiency than the Fourteenth Army” (Ghost Soldiers, page 59). Two-thirds of the men would die from disease, starvation, poor living conditions, or injuries as a result of beatings. More men died from these things than were killed during...
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...create an obedient army ready to carry out his orders, no matter how absurd they might be.” These speeches and his formula for coercion of a group of people was actually very simple and planned out. While Hitler was in jail, he wrote a book that was called Mein Kampf which translates to My Struggle, in which he planned out and discussed in length, his coercion of people that would form a group and become from army along with other German people that supported him. This group psychology was started when he was inspired by it from a man named Gustave Le Bon, who is a social psychologist. This inspiration eventually led to the Nazi party and then the holocaust led by the Nazi’s with Hitler as their leader. As the holocaust began, many of the soldiers thought it was wrong and had different opinions towards it, but they became brainwashed. At the time of the holocaust, group psychology with the Nazi’s became a big deal and everyone began to follow along with it. “It was a domino effect; as the Nazi party gained power, more...
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...During 1914, the world metamorphosed into a world far different from what it was. It became a world that was more progressive, industrialized, and volatile. In Canada, the Great War had an effect on the entire population, in several aspects of everyday life. One of these effects on the population was their patriotism and sense of Canadian identity, both through the war and events occurring in the aftermath. A second effect on the population involved the development of a tumultuous relationship between Quebec and the rest of Canada. A third and final effect on the population involved Canada’s Indigenous population and First Nations Communities and their acceptance by other Canadians, and soldiers of all armies, during the Great War. One of the effects of the Great War on the population of Canada was their patriotism. When the war began many men enlisted, and the causes included an air of war romanticism, because a large scale war had not taken place in recent history and the war was advertised as “over by Christmas” and as “an opportunity to see the world.” In the first few weeks after war had been declared 30,000 men enlisted, eager to fight and return home a hero. However, as the war continued and...
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...Both Mastroianni (2008) and Adams (2006) refer to the concept of “bad apple” or “individual perpetrator” compared to “bad barrel” or “administrative evil” as potential elements that could have led to the abuses perpetrated in Abu Ghraib prison. From an ethical point of view, do you believe that evil acts, as exampled in the readings, are the sole result of “bad apples” or are there also situational factors (“bad barrel”) that can cause even good people to carry out, support or tolerate evil acts? Justify your position and discuss some of the implications from the perspective of a junior officer. As I quickly approach the reality of becoming a junior officer in a few short weeks it is important for me to realize the link that exists between the concepts of “bad apples” and “bad barrels”; in the end, I need to understand that both of these lead to the same outcome of a corrupt and immoral work environment. It is assumed that in any organization across the world or even any unit within the CAF that there are “bad apples” that are violating the rules. These bad apples are the ones that are consistently pushing the boundaries and ruining positive, productive and ethical working environments. Ultimately one “bad apple” has the ability to create “bad barrels” within an organization. The concept of “bad barrels” can be related to the theories we discussed previously in that followers imitate upper leadership behaviour, which can lead to unethical cultures. As a junior officer if I act...
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