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<blockquote data-quote="Cadence" data-source="post: 9391476" data-attributes="member: 6701124">I'm not sure &quot;having a culture&quot; be the enemies helps?&nbsp; (At least if culture is taken the way I usually think of it).&nbsp;&nbsp; Fighting against Germany (the country) in WW I was presumably the right call, and going against the Nazi's and fighting against Japan (the country) in WW II certainly were.&nbsp; But essentially forcing the German Americans around WW I to ditch their heritage (end of German language press and church services, renaming of streets) etc...&nbsp; feels bad.&nbsp;&nbsp; Locking up the Japanese Americans in internment camps certainly was.Even if it is just fighting against a country, ditching the laws and conventions of war just because you really hate that country still feels like a bad thing.&nbsp; (Going back to some previous posts, killing bandits who resist is one thing - killing their families seems like another?).---On a tangential note, what was the most &quot;medieval&quot; equivalent to the 30 Years War (Central Europe, 1618-1648) where Germany, for example, might have lost half its population.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cadence, post: 9391476, member: 6701124"] I'm not sure "having a culture" be the enemies helps? (At least if culture is taken the way I usually think of it). Fighting against Germany (the country) in WW I was presumably the right call, and going against the Nazi's and fighting against Japan (the country) in WW II certainly were. But essentially forcing the German Americans around WW I to ditch their heritage (end of German language press and church services, renaming of streets) etc... feels bad. Locking up the Japanese Americans in internment camps certainly was. Even if it is just fighting against a country, ditching the laws and conventions of war just because you really hate that country still feels like a bad thing. (Going back to some previous posts, killing bandits who resist is one thing - killing their families seems like another?). --- On a tangential note, what was the most "medieval" equivalent to the 30 Years War (Central Europe, 1618-1648) where Germany, for example, might have lost half its population. [/QUOTE]

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