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Originally Posted by August
Sure there is.
Would those Russian soldiers have been able to rape all those German women if the nazis hadn't started the war?
Would those Russian soldiers have been given such free reign by their command if the Germans hadn't acted even more beastly when they were the victors?
Unless the answers to both questions is no then yes the nazis were partially responsible. Before you loose your mind though just remember that this does not mitigate the Russians guilt at all.
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Actually Soviet policy was to prosecute rapists and looters on the spot, as it was bad for morale, health (STDs) and organization of the units. Those who did acquire STDs were considered to be deserters (!) and you know what we did to deserters.
But, yea, "all German women were raped by the soviets" is the old myth that dies slowly.