[hanamizu]

The notion of allowing the German people to starve in the coming winter was openly discussed in the summer of 1945.

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Of course the Germans had surrendered by the summer of ‘45. I have no doubt that if Hamas surrenders now, the food for Gaza will arrive shortly.

[Nextrush]

In theory yes but when Germany the sight of those concentrations camps was a factor in hostility and anger in the US that had to channel itself out.

The Left in the US under Soviet-Stalin influence drove an argument to harshly punish the Germans.