In WW2, did the Russians rape German civilains?
Rapes always occur in warfare. Officially, the Nazis did not promote rape as a policy. And the Wehrmacht frowned on the practice, as it was bad for discipline. More practical about such things, they preferred to run approved brothels. Mind, many women found themselves forced into this job, but again, not on the scale seen in Japan. (why risk injury to a soldier by a woman seeking revenge, when there were women who would take such jobs voluntarily in order to feed themselves). The rape of Germany, however, was a totally different matter. It was an officially approved policy, with officers and non coms participating in and encouraging their men to commit the same acts. Gang rapes were the norm. Age was not a factor, with prepubescent children and elderly grandmothers as likely to find themselves raped as any other female. There were numerous deaths as a result of this, though numbers are almost impossible to calculate. As far as deaths of Russian women. Yes, Russian women found themselve
