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soperj
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History's deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo dur...
>despite the fact there was no international treaty or instrument protecting a civilian population specifically from attack by aircraft at the time
There was the Hague Conventions from 1899/1907, specifically IV, that does exactly that.
beerandt
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Japan refused to sign IV(1889)/XIV(1907), so the restrictions on aerial bombardment wouldn't apply to either party.
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This was literally copy-pasta from wikipedia. Feel free to edit the wikipedia entry if you think it's wrong.
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There was the Hague Conventions from 1899/1907, specifically IV, that does exactly that.