Odinary Men To Japaness Soldier

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“Ordinary Men” to “Japanese Soldiers”

Iris Chang's "Rape of Nanking" is a book that fails to heal but rather sears all efforts for good international relations because it prioritizes passion at the cost of basic historical facts. While Christopher Browning’s “Ordinary Men” tells the story of Police Battalion 101, and how they play a role in the Second World War in Europe. Both of these books outline what kinds of items a civilian would be subjected to during wartime. This ranges from persecution, certain death, or to begin made to mobilize to help one country’s war effort. In Brown’s Ordinary men he shows in detail the sequence of events and individual reactions which may turn ordinary men into killers.
To understand where the story of these so-called “ordinary men” there must be an in-depth look taken at why these groups of Reserve Policemen where formed. The
Order Police resulted from the third attempt in war enraged Germany to create large police forces with military and equipment. The police force that was created was supposed to work along side the German military to secure lands that the German army has conquered. Before the start of WWII the use of these men had not been thought about, but with the German army quickly advancing someone would have to occupy conquered lands. That is were these Order Police come into play. Police Battalion 101 was used a great deal in Poland. They were subsequently involved in rounding up Polish soldiers cut off behind advancing lines. They also collected military equipment that was abandoned by the retreating Poles, and also providing other services to secure the rear areas. (chap 2 Browning)
Another duty that the Order Police were placed with was the collection and deportation of the Jews that occupied Poland. Early in the war they were used in Poland to collect the Jewish people and load then on trains that where headed to the ghettos wer...