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Why isn't there a single mention of a war crime in any passage? 37.191.205.220 ( talk) 06:54, 24 September 2017 (UTC) reply

Strategic bombing of civilian targets was not declared a war crime until 1977, however, some mention may be included. I believe that perhaps Curtis Lemay's acknowledgment that he would have been prosecuted for war crimes if he was on the losing side because of the firebombing (see [ [1]]) should at least be considered for mention. However, it is important that a neutral point of view must be maintained, so it cannot be outright classified as a war crime or spoken of definitively as a war crime without broad consensus. InevitableOwl talk 21:32, 13 May 2021 (UTC) reply