>>16191424except what you said is bullshit.
The trials, both nuremberg, and tokyo were more grounded in international law (the little that existed back then.)
Bombing of urban centers had never been prohibited, and even if it had, ALL PARTIES in the world engaged in strategic bombardment.
NOT A SINGLE, german or japanese war criminal was punished or judged for any strategic bombardment measures.
Not even goering, the commander of the Luftwaffe that bombed london for YEARS.
If you just bother fucking reading some of the things that war criminals were actually punished for, you would understand how fucking out of order most of these guys were.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einsatzgruppen_trialhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalagon_massacreacting like the trials were all about moralfagging is fucking ignorance at its finest.
The trials weren't perfect, there was a lot of questions about jurisdiction and what not, but it was the best justice that could have befallen these guys.
at any other time, they would ALL, without trial, being lined against a wall and shot.