This was exactly the reason why the Luftwaffe were not prosecuted for their aerial war crimes after the war. Because everyone then played as they did (and the Sovies - Helsinki), changing the rules of war until the Geneva Conventions.

This was exactly the reason why the Luftwaffe were not persecuted for their aerial war crimes after the war. Because everyone then played as they did (and the Sovies - Helsinki), changing the rules of war until the Geneva Conventions.