As always, payback is given to those who didn´t order the attack on Poland or China. And don´t come me with "they voted for war". Nobody imagined in 1933 that Hitler would start a war against its neighbours.
So, bombs on civilians was surely wrong. Was it a war crime? From our viewpoint today, probably - from the ex ante view, probably not. Should those who bombed feel shame? Maybe. Should they regret that innocents died? Definitely. Should they be punished, or do they deserve contempt? He** no! They´re not to blame. They simply didn´t know better. Times were different, we´ve have developed new measures of war, and that´s good.
Michael from Hamburg,
Germany
Sure, just like the upstanding German citizens, in nearby towns, working for the Nazis running the concentration camps and their cyanide showers and ovens! They were given "tours" of those facilities after they were liberated and professed total ignorance!
"We didn't know"..., "We were only following orders"..., etc. SELF DELUSIONS!
They knew but did nothing to resist the depravity of the Nazi regime!
War is hell but is not pointless! The enslavement, persecution and terror campaigns against groups is also not pointless (but only to those who carry out those activities)!