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Originally Posted by GloucesterChief
No, that did not happen and any competent commander would not want it to happen. Sack? Sure even then it would be based on how long a city held out. Long enough to satisfy honor? Not much if at all would happen.
See when you destroy a city that surrendered you make sure that no other city will ever surrender to you because it will not save their lives. They will fight to the death because you have proven they have no other option?
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The Rape of Nanking and other sacked cities in World War II fell in similar fashions.
Your logic is dead-on, but sacks like this have definitely happened when the rule of law falls completely.
(I too think the last two seasons wrapped up in warp speed, but that sequence had a realness to it for me).