As I have already written in this discussion page above in Request for references As only Axis personnel were tried Nuremberg victors justice and all that then it is significant that no Axis personnel were tried for bombing enemy territory because Karl D nitz was found guilty of waging unrestricted warfare despite the US doing the same in the Pacific At the Nuremberg Trials in accordance with the London Charter of the International Military Tribunal The charter also stated that official position was no valid defence against War crimes Obedience to orders could only be considered in mitigation of punishment if the Tribunal determined that justice so requires so it follows that if any war crime was committed then all those involved were guilty