> Targeting civilians is a war crime. No excuse for that. What does "civilian" mean when it comes to Imperial Japan? * https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/a

> Targeting civilians is a war crime. No excuse for that. What does "civilian" mean when it comes to Imperial Japan? * https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/there-are-no-civilians-japan https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/there-are-no-... The official Japanese plan to defend against a US landing was to have children attack the invading US soldiers: * https://www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp/?p=141048 https://www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp/?p=141048 * https://apjjf.org/mark-ealey/1689/article https://apjjf.org/mark-ealey/1689/article * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall#Operation_Ketsugō https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall#Operation_K...