Do allied firebombings during WWII constitute war crimes?

[dead0man]

It's tough.  Clearly the factory making the bearings that go into engines that go into supply trucks is a target, even if it's nowhere near a military base, or the front lines.  Clearly the transportation hubs are targets.  Are the people and their homes that work at these places and will get to work repairing them the next day targets?  I can see both sides of that argument.  Lean towards no, but it's hard for me sitting here in 2015 to judge the people that made the decision.

[dead0man]

Is a civilian building a tank a target?  What if he's just the janitor at the tank factory?  What if he's installing toilets on the Death Star?


Death Star Contractors speech from Clerks

[dead0man]

Deliberately targeting civilians during wartime is always a depraved, immoral act.

Not always.  Many civilians play a part in war, and are thus targets.