Perhaps you are not aware of the firebombing of German and Japanese cities, where as many or more civilians died as in the nuclear bomb detonations over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which perhaps you also forget.
The book makes a lot more sense once you understand Vonnegut's history with the bombing.
Systematic? Is that a joke? Millions more german and japanese women were raped by the allies than vice versa.
Lets not belittle the german and japanese women who were raped.
I'd be very appreciative if you could link to a source for this claim.
Millions of german women were raped by the allies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_occupation_of_...
Tens of thousands of japanese women were raped after ww2. The only reason that more japanese women weren't raped was because the japanese government provided "comfort women" for the allied troops.