Regardless of sides, most of the soldiers on each are just following orders to kill the enemy. I just watched a movie that took place in WWII and in the movie, one of the members of an allied team did not execute an afraid German officer -- I felt sad, because that officer had a family and the sorts.
In the end, the officer had the chance to kill an american man, but instead took him into a barn and tended to his wounds. They barely understood each other but they the officer did share pictures of his family. In the end though, he was wounded and died; the american soldier was saved by the German officer.
What I am saying is that history classes and the military channel depict the Germans who fought in the war as evil, but they are just following orders. Both sides are human beings.
I just wanted to speak my mind. War is evil and the pawns on both sides are told to hate each other.
i've seen this movie before. isn't it saints and soldiers?
also if i'm not mistaken Mao Zedong leads everyone in number of unnatural deaths occuring during his/her rule. 40-70 million people died of unnatural causes under Mao Zedong's rule, the US, Soviets, and Germans can't really compare.