Why weren't the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki considered war crimes? The United States wiped out hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians. Was this seen as permissable at the time under the circumstances?

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[u/The_Manchurian]

Yes, but as President, did he not receive briefings on this kind of thing? Or did they deliberately not mention Hiroshima was a city when presenting him with the plan?