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Was justice served in the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes trials?

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Answer: No, prior to the Nuremberg trials, many if not all of the people who were to be testified against was threatened, blackmailed, or even tortured before the hearings, leading for them to comply with saying that they were guilty. Many had little to no involvement with many of the war crimes either. And even then, what about the war crimes that the allies committed? The bombing of Dresden and Hamburg, the execution of POWs from both sides, the killing of Berlin civilians by the Soviets, and let's not forget about the nuclear bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki where 129,000–226,000 men, woman, and children were vaporized, or died slowly with their skin melting off of their body from the intense heat. Only around 20,000 soldiers were killed, but it is still considered a war crime due to the fact they were unarmed and not classified as a combatant.

"We defeated the wrong enemy"

General George S. Patton

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