When the editors of YANK MAGAZINE asked the G.I.s to “name the greater menace to our country and our values” -most of the servicemen polled seemed to agree that the real enemies were from Japan; while Germany, it was believed by many, simply had to be brought back into the fold of Western Civilization.


Another article contrasting the Germans and Japanese can be read here… can be read here…


Fast facts about Axis P.O.W. can be read here…

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