Namn_Namnsson t1_jefsr95 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:17 PM

Reply to comment by bombadodierbloggins in Japan and China Connect Military Hotline to Reduce Tensions by bloomberg

Some symbols used by the nazis is still used by the German army too. And they were used before the nazis as well. I guess the same goes with imperial flag

ChristopherGard0cki t1_jegcr8l wrote on March 31, 2023 at 8:30 PM

But germany had a more clear distinction between the traditional German armed forces (which were still guilty of plenty of war crimes) and the Nazi party and their military organizations (the SS and the SA). Nothing to do with the SS and the SA survived.

In Japan there was no equivalent political movement that swept into power and perverted the national psyche. It was the traditional institutions that led the charge.