Reply #30: Innocent? [View All]

[Muddleoftheroad]

Not by the standards of war at the time. Cities were manufacturing centers that supported the Japanese war machine's march across Asia. Ports also supported the Japanese navy.

Those "innocent" men, women and children manned factories, raised food for the troops and kept that war machine in fine working order. They also supported the government that was bent on world conquest.

By the standards of the time (since changed), they were military targets.

Ultimately, the only military commander who had all the information available was the president. He agreed the bombing was needed.