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BlakeJapan, like Sparta before it, believed in "Death before Honor", meaning fighting men would die before surrendering. Surrendering was dishonorable.
Allied fighting men surrendered routinely, it was part of war in their culture; there were even rules describing how to do it and how to treat men when they did surrender.
But again, like Sparta, it was NOT in "their" culture.
Consequently, when allied military men surrendered, they were treated accordingly; with disrespect. Disrespect in the eyes of Spartans or Japan translated to "war crimes" to the allies.
Translation: What was killing to one pair of eyes was murder to another pair of eyes.
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Why did America go to war with japan in world war 2 it was because while japan and china were at war America decided to help out china and give them goods which cut off from china's supplys and lead?
Because Japan attacked Pearl Harbour and then declared war on the U.S.A. which in theroy, while not justifying anything, made every action of Japan illegal - a war crime.
Was Hiroshima being bombed during World War 2 a war crime?
No one was tried for a war crime for dropping the atom bombs. The definition of a war crime is as follows from the Legal Dictionary: Any of various crimes, such as genocide or the mistreatment of prisoners of war, committed during a war and considered in violation of the conventions of warfare. Now in light of that definition dropping a bomb on an enemy territory is part of the conventions of war. Therefore dropping the atom bombs was not a war crime. Now the crimes against the Jews and the POWs and the Filipinos were war crimes.
What made Japan could naver make war again with a foreign power?
Because of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing. Also, Japan had committed war crimes. Also, Japan has promised to the entire world to not to commit crimes again. And, it says if Japan has a strange movement, or if it attacks, then, foreign country can attack them without any declaration.
What is a war crime?
A war-crime is a crime that goes against the international rules of war set by the Hague (believe it or not it has rules) for example using child soldiers
Were the US and Japan in the cold war?
the US is most responsible for the quick rebuilding of Japan Japan and the US were very close in the cold war and still are
