Rick Atkinson has a chilling description at page 462 of of how British and American troops in Tunisia shot North Africans for sport, made children dance by shooting at their feet, raped women, and burned houses with the women and children inside. Atkinson states that the atrocities were perpetrated by a small number of soldiers, but he concedes that in at least some cases they acted with impunity. Having visited this terrible war upon North Africa, Europeans and Americans should be pleasantly surprised and gratified any time they receive a friendly reception there.
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