I would venture to say that they were the targeting of the city proper, not the women and children.
Wrong ,the women and children laborwere a part of the manufacturing process, as some of the small parts of the weapons were filed and polished in the homes . As both cities were manufacturing centers.
You just lost all credibility with that post.
Targeting Cities that have thousands, if not millions of ‘innocent’ family members is different than targeting the ‘innocent’ family members individually .. how?
As ex-infantry in Nam, I can say with some authority that (Cong) family members were every bit as enthusiastic for killing us as their husbands/sons/brothers were.
Mama Sans were known for arming their children to explode on contact with American GI’s.