tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post28257169896639686..comments2024-03-28T12:37:23.726-07:00Comments on Just A Car Guy: things they don't teach in history class in public school... war is hell, and atrocious shit happened, B 29s carpet bombed Japan before dropping the nukes, and some crews had to crash or bail, and were beheaded in violation of the Geneva convention.Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-71701889543577445582016-09-14T09:47:01.353-07:002016-09-14T09:47:01.353-07:00that was my point.... I didn't give any though...that was my point.... I didn't give any thought to the widespread carpet bombing of Japan... but shit, how does dropping nuke bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki follow the Geneva convention? Those were civilian populations wiped OUT. Ended the damn war in the Pacific though. I wonder, just how long would the war with Japan gone on without the nukes? The USA only had ONE combat mission on the home island of Japan, the rest of the combat was all in other places. Anyway, Japan also did slave labor of the Chinese, and other countries, and used their girls and women as sex slaves, willing or not. Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-34564818660531004912016-09-14T09:04:08.310-07:002016-09-14T09:04:08.310-07:00The Japanese didn't follow the rules for treat...The Japanese didn't follow the rules for treatment of POW's either. Read "Unbroken" about Louie Zamperini during WW2. The Japanese didn't tell the Red Cross that he was a POW and forced the POWs to perform slave labor, among other mistreatment.Marc Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06605121355650119523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-2212778577723463962016-09-12T09:52:21.525-07:002016-09-12T09:52:21.525-07:00Incendiary carpet bombing of the Tokai region (Nag...Incendiary carpet bombing of the Tokai region (Nagoya, etc.) killed tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, not "hundreds". Similar firebomb attacks on Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, and most other Japanese cities killed upwards of 200,000 people and displaced millions, again mostly civilians. The incendiary devices used were very carefully designed and tested to burn down the typical Japanese wood home and create firestorms, not destroy factories or military bases. <br /><br />One can argue about the necessity and morality of what was done, but ultimately it's the victor who gets to decide what does and doesn't constitute a war crime...<br />Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13554637052654741365noreply@blogger.com