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by gozur88 3540 days ago
But had the Axis powers won the number of deaths would have diminished rapidly as the situation stabilized. The Japanese wanted to rule China, but they didn't have any desire to eliminate the Chinese people and culture.

The Nazis were planning to kill hundreds of millions of people. It's not a distinction without a difference. The difference is enormous.

Incidentally, what do you think was going to happen as the Germans conquered China from the West? The Germans and Japanese were destined to come to blows even if they'd destroyed the allies.