War Crimes & Military Atrocities
From My Lai to Hiroshima: a full accounting of American war crimes and contested military decisions — the documented pattern of what happens and who is held responsible.
War Crimes & Military Atrocities
Five cases where the harm is documented but the moral verdict isn't settled: internment firebombing atomic bombs POW camps and drone warfare.
War Crimes & Military Atrocities
The U.S. has killed American citizens by drone without trial including a 16-year-old boy. The legal memos authorizing it remain partially classified. No charges filed.
War Crimes & Military Atrocities
The U.S. held 425000 Axis prisoners in 700 camps during WWII — treating them better than Black American soldiers who guarded them. The racial contradiction was built-in.
War Crimes & Military Atrocities
The atomic bombs killed up to 226000 civilians in two cities. Whether the decision was justified or a war crime is a debate historians have not resolved — and this article doesn't pretend otherwise.
War Crimes & Military Atrocities
Operation Meetinghouse killed more people in one night than the Hiroshima bomb. General LeMay said he expected to be tried as a war criminal if the U.S. had lost.
War Crimes & Military Atrocities
Executive Order 9066 sent 120000 Japanese Americans to internment camps in 1942. Two-thirds were U.S. citizens. The Supreme Court upheld it. It took 46 years for an apology.
War Crimes & Military Atrocities
From the Philippine War to Abu Ghraib: the documented pattern of U.S. forces killing civilians and the accountability that always stopped at the lowest rank.
War Crimes & Military Atrocities
The Abu Ghraib photos in 2004 documented systematic torture authorized from the top. Eleven soldiers were convicted. No officer above staff sergeant was charged.
War Crimes & Military Atrocities
U.S. soldiers killed up to 300 South Korean civilians at No Gun Ri in 1950. The Army denied it for 50 years then expressed regret — no charges filed.
War Crimes & Military Atrocities
The Philippine-American War killed up to 600000 Filipinos through combat and deliberate reconcentration policies. The general responsible was admonished and pensioned.
War Crimes & Military Atrocities
American soldiers killed 347-504 unarmed Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in 1968. One soldier was convicted. The officers who built the system walked free.