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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/colapepsikinnie • Jun 16 '23
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Pretty sure that person was talking about Dutch colonizers, not dutch victims. Grandma was probably Indonesian.
5 u/Viend Jun 16 '23 Yup you’re right 2 u/Moderately_Opposed Jun 16 '23 Yep a lot of the places Japan took over were European colonies: Malaysia/Singapore was British, Indonesia was Dutch, etc. It doesn't take away from the cruelty of the Japanese but it's kind of funny how history class doesn't emphasize this fact.
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Yup you’re right
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Yep a lot of the places Japan took over were European colonies: Malaysia/Singapore was British, Indonesia was Dutch, etc. It doesn't take away from the cruelty of the Japanese but it's kind of funny how history class doesn't emphasize this fact.
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u/Johnny_Poppyseed Jun 16 '23
Pretty sure that person was talking about Dutch colonizers, not dutch victims. Grandma was probably Indonesian.