[Wombat101]

Let me put it to you this way, investigateworld;

Had Japan won the war, despite American firebombing, and had gotten their hands on Curtis LeMay, what do you think they would have done with him? I doubt it would involve a trial.

The IMT's (International Military Tribunals) were a farce, a Potemkin display of "justice" and "fairness" imposed upon defeated nations by their CONQUERORS, and subject to having thei findings and sentences negated (or dictated by politics. Which is exactly what happened, anyway, in most cases.

[GB]

LeMay himself said in his autobiography ... excellent read, BTW, he was an interesting man ... that he would've been tried as a war criminal if the Japanese had won. Also, I think I had my dates wrong on the bad raid on Tokyo, I think was in March not May.

[investigateworld]

You are somewhat correct, Moral: "don't lose wars, particularly if you started them".
But until Christ returns, I think wars are awaiting us, particularly when those who start them think they will win.

Going back to the ETO, our air war was the "Second Front" that Stalin was howling about. Germany had approximately one million men assigned to ARP. Those superb 88MM cannons that were hamming our bombers, weren't ventilating Soviet tanks. And being of Irish ancestry, from a clan noted for speaking their minds, I don't think I'd be too happy speaking German. War is ugly business. But until He returns, I hope this nation remains willing to level anyone that strikes it.