hi.. you may be interested in several perspectives from earlier posts

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• Were the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan considered a war crime? If yes, was anyone tried?

• Why wasn't america charged with a war crime for detonating a nuclear weapon?

• Were the firebombing of Japan a war crime or not? If yes, were the London bombings by Germany also a war crime?

• At the time, were the Allied firebombings of German and Japanese cities also seen as war crimes?

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• Why isn't the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki considered a war crime?