What were the most brutal armies or invaders in history?

Kayalvizhi wrote:IPKF - Innocent People Killing Force (of India)

Unable to kill Tamil Commander Prabakaran, Indian army surrounded his birth place, lined up everyone they could find there and shot and killed them all including women and children.

Even Nazis did not do that.

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

Kayalvizhi wrote:IPKF - Innocent People Killing Force (of India)

Unable to kill Tamil Commander Prabakaran, Indian army surrounded his birth place, lined up everyone they could find there and shot and killed them all including women and children.

Even Nazis did not do that.

Hey Kayar,
How about Rejendra Chola? How many did he kill?

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

Kayalvizhi wrote:IPKF - Innocent People Killing Force (of India)

Unable to kill Tamil Commander Prabakaran, Indian army surrounded his birth place, lined up everyone they could find there and shot and killed them all including women and children.

Even Nazis did not do that.

Hey Kayar,
How about Rejendra Chola? How many did he kill?

Rajendra? Or did you mean his father AruLmozhi varman aka Rajaraja Chozhan aka ponniyin selvan?

Hellsangel wrote:http://scroll.in/article/776978/forgotten-indian-history-the-brutal-maratha-invasions-of-bengal

Idéfix wrote:E dESa charitra chUsinA Emunnadi garva kAraNam
narajAti charitra samastam parapIDana parAyaNatvam

Inelegant translation: what is there to see and feel proud about in the history of any nation? The history of mankind is full of oppression of other people.

Idéfix wrote:E dESa charitra chUsinA Emunnadi garva kAraNam
narajAti charitra samastam parapIDana parAyaNatvam

Inelegant translation: what is there to see and feel proud about in the history of any nation? The history of mankind is full of oppression of other people.

Idéfix wrote:That was a communist I was quoting. From that perspective, even those societies that had relatively decent codes of war were oppressing people within their own societies.

But talking strictly about invading armies, the most brutal were those who eliminated or enslaved entire populations. Most wars of the very distant past were like that. But in historical times, the biggest examples that come to my mind are Assyrians, Romans, Mongols, Turks, conquistadores, Americans, Nazis and Japanese.

Hellsangel wrote:http://scroll.in/article/776978/forgotten-indian-history-the-brutal-maratha-invasions-of-bengal

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

Idéfix wrote:That was a communist I was quoting. From that perspective, even those societies that had relatively decent codes of war were oppressing people within their own societies.

But talking strictly about invading armies, the most brutal were those who eliminated or enslaved entire populations. Most wars of the very distant past were like that. But in historical times, the biggest examples that come to my mind are Assyrians, Romans, Mongols, Turks, conquistadores, Americans, Nazis and Japanese.

True. However, conflicts are natural extensions of behaviour. How they get expressed can vary depending on circumstances, cultural values, etc.

I spent some time reading on Japanese culture. The Western interpretations of Japanese behaviour is tinted. One can argue that Japanese are the best examples of those who follow "dharma". There are some wonderful movies depicting this.

Idéfix wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

Idéfix wrote:That was a communist I was quoting. From that perspective, even those societies that had relatively decent codes of war were oppressing people within their own societies.

But talking strictly about invading armies, the most brutal were those who eliminated or enslaved entire populations. Most wars of the very distant past were like that. But in historical times, the biggest examples that come to my mind are Assyrians, Romans, Mongols, Turks, conquistadores, Americans, Nazis and Japanese.

True. However, conflicts are natural extensions of behaviour. How they get expressed can vary depending on circumstances, cultural values, etc.

I spent some time reading on Japanese culture. The Western interpretations of Japanese behaviour is tinted. One can argue that Japanese are the best examples of those who follow "dharma". There are some wonderful movies depicting this.

The Japanese had strict codes of behavior when dealing with fellow Japanese people. Once they decided to compete with the West, they quickly adopted European imperialist ways, starting with Korea. Their armies showed little regard for the lives of civilians in China and elsewhere.