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* When France surrendered in [[World War II]], the British Navy attacked and destroyed their fleet at Mers El-Kebir in order to prevent it being used against the UK, killing 1,297 French sailors.
* [[Canadian Politics|Canadian Prime Minister]] Stephen Harper is legendary for this tactic.
* The end of a major war often sees allies outliving usefulness to each other because as the enemy becomes less and less of a factor their chief consideration is as rivals to each other for plunder. In [[World War 2]] the Western Allies were more then a bit off the mark in this and considering who [[Deal with the Devil|some of their Allies]] were that is mainly excused by the fact that the American people national John Wayne complex at the time, and disliked slimy international scheming. And also that both Americans and British had a sentimental admiration for Russia and a secret guilt complex over not suffering as much casualties. A bit irrational as Germans and Japanese were brave too, and more to the point, giving Stalin more territory would hardly help the Russian people and would mainly help Stalin. Who of course did the job of a head of state defending Russia and to give him credit, not badly, but one of those jobs is not to show sacrificial bravery in the trenches.
**Similar things happened at the end of [[World War I]] and this was complicated by the dozens of new countries or old countries brought back to life several of which would after the Great Powers had made peace, still be fighting to draw out their turf.
**The [[Napoleonic Wars]] ended with Russia becoming overbearing comparably to how it did in the wake of [[World War 2]] and Prussia seeking for Russia's jackal's share. In this case the other Powers were less naive perhaps because they were [[Not So Different]] and they managed to curb Russian ambition, achieving a [[Balance of Power]], perhaps at the expence of justice for some of the provinces doled out blithely in the process though arguably the [[Lesser of Two Evils]]. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on that one. On the other hand the peace after the Napoleonic Wars was one of the first to pay anything like serious attention to human rights allowing, for instance, a lobby for the Jews and the abolitionists among others. So perhaps it can be considered [[Fair for Its Day]].
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