Didn't America kill hundreds of thousands of civilians while winning WW2?

Answer 1

Well actually,the bombing of Dresden, Germany by the RAF and our air force ,killed over 25,000 civilians. Yes,many civilians did die. That's war and it isn't fought pc. FDR also suppressed the media. And lest we forget, the internment camps for the Japanese Americans.

Answer 2

If you mean the civilians in Japan then yes, if you mean civilians in Europe, not really, that was pretty much the Germans. There has never been a war that did not involve civilians dying. It is the unintended yet necessary ramification of war. In Vietnam it was even more hazy because the VietCon where having women and children carrying bombs into bases, same with Korea a little, but not as much. When you get into more Gorilla Warfare post World War II, you deal with urban warfare and with that you deal with civilian deaths.

Answer 3

The war was fought on such a scope that civilian casualties were part of it. The Germans firebombed England. Do you think that they were so accurate that there were no civilian casualties. It was called "Total War or Vicotry". The concept was to totally devestate your enemy so they had to surrender. Manufacturing facilities were located in large cities so bombing naturally killed civilians.

That is why it is impossible to win these small conflicts that we have been involved in. Just targeting the enemies forces have never worked.

For those of you that talk about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings read about the US firebombing of Tokyo that took 100,000 lives in one night.

Answer 4

Civilians were killed in all wars. There is no escaping it. It's just something that unfortunately happens. If my country were attacked I would know that as a civilian there would always be the chance that my life could end, and I'd accept that. Especially if I knew that people were fighting for my freedom.

Answer 5

Yes.

If you just look at the atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki:
Dead - 105,000
Injured - 94,000


As a sidenote, WW2 was either the first or second war in history where civilians were actually targeted, the first would have been WW1. Before that, civilians did die but it was mostly unintentional.

Answer 6

Nice try Sonny, Saddam started the war between Iraq and Iran, Saddam invaded Kuwait, Saddam tried to wipe out the Kurds, Saddam also tried to send his troops into Saudi Arabia.
Step away from the Kool-Aid bowl and read real history.

Answer 7

Everybody did. You have to go after the manufacturing facilities to win a modern war. Those are staffed by civilians. You bomb them, you are killing civilians. What is your point?

Answer 8

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Answer 9

probably, although we were attacked by Japan and Italy and Germany declared war on us - unlike Iraq which was never a threat

Also, US fighting in WWII was over in less than 4 years from end of 1941 to 1945!

Answer 10

It ended a war that would have taken the lives of millions had it not been stopped.