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In the WW1 the Japanese where lenient towards POWs. Allowing them to take hikes, visit villages and even put on orchestras. In WW2 Japanese POW camps where notoriously brutal (only rivaled by German death camps and Soviet Gulags). What changed between wars ?

by /u/Garrus37 in /r/AskHistorians

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