Why won't Americans admit these were war crimes?

Why won't Americans admit these were war crimes?

You know, the very thing they tried and executed several Japanese and German officers over?

Because we won. Now STFU.

it was self defense

Don't pull that card. We could just have easily blockaded all of Japan and/or launched a full-blown invasion in Japan, but in the end this option ensured the least amount of people would perish

>least amount of people would perish

Adorable but the reality is that it just prevented the Soviets from pushing in and causing another East/West Berlin in Tokyo.

because

start shit get hit

two nukes were enough

And you believe fewer would have been killed under the gentle rule of the Soviets than died in the bombings?

shut the fuck up

>Why won't Americans admit these were war crimes?
>You know, the very thing they tried and executed several Japanese and German officers over?
Muh holocaust

>war crimes
because nobody cares, nobody insists. seriously who cares? yeah Nips back then were jailed and beheaded because of new made-up law after breaking-up WW2 in unjust trials. but it can't be helped. if China lost war, I hoped the same awful penalty to Chinese leaders.

Why can't we just drop the fucking war already?

It's not a war crime because we warned them so many fucking times and they didn't listen. Who cares anyways since Japan is one of the best countries in the world thanks to our nukes

many have. you weren't looking though. now if you're looking for official govt admittance of such and an apology, gl

Before we're through with them, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell.

Kill Japs, kill Japs, kill more Japs!

Amiral William "Bull" Halsey Jr.

During the war the Japanese weren't even considered human beings. Anything and everything that could bring death and destruction to as many of them as possible was alright by the typical American of the period.

>You know, the very thing they tried and executed several Japanese and German officers over?
But the Americans whitewashed the emperor's role and let members of the Imperial family involved in war crimes as well as unit 731 go free.

No.

No one from either side got punished for aerial bombardment of anything.

This is because everyone did it.

Old wives tale. The Soviets had no means with which to invade Japan.

Also, you need a legal case to call someone a war criminal.

There were no rules for nuclear weapons nor aerial bombardments.

The US doctrine of Strategic bombing came from the attitude of the participants up to the point that the US came into the picture.

The German Blitz, The British Bombings, The Japanese Air campaign in China, everyone did it.

The US just did it in a bigger scale.

Yeah. I don't get how some people believe that Hokkaido was vulnerable enough for Soviets to invade but not the US?

Were Hokaido so easy to take, the US would have done it before the Soviets.

>Why won't Americans admit these were war crimes?
Because they weren't. A nation-state could nuke a city today and it wouldn't be a war crime under international law.