The environmental impact of war
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* LCol Emile Berger(retired)

Although the principles mentioned in the *CMAJ* editorial commemorating Remembrance Day are certainly commendable,1 the article in the same issue by Jennifer Leaning reads like an apology for the real instigators of the miseries inflicted on the world since 1939.2

Leaning writes about the death toll resulting from the bombing of Tokyo and various German cities without a word about the slaughter of the civilian populations in London, Coventry, Portsmouth and other areas by the Nazis, who started this abominable escalation, and the list of references leans heavily toward pro-Soviet apologists. 

## References

1.  1. Remembrance of things present [editorial]. CMAJ 2000;163(9):1121.
    
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2.  2. Leaning J. Environment and health: 5. Impact of war. CMAJ 2000;163(9):1157-61.
    
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