Good thing allies won the war or the masters of slaughter would all be hung for war crimes against civilians.

*related http://videosift.com/video/US-killing-of-50-90-of-civillians-in-67-cities-in-Japan

Fire Bombing Of 67 Japan cities During WW2. War Crimes? has been added as a related post - related requested by eric3579.

They were hung, in the Nuremberg Trial and Tokyo War Crimes Trials.

Yes, the winners of wars never get charged with their war crimes, no matter how evil or horrific.

What was the broadcast date of that History channel show?

I'd be amazed and genuinely impressed if there was still room for some, you know, actual History on the channel instead of "Ice Road Truckers" or whatever other nonsense. But I bet this is quite old...

Yup, Modern Marvels was one of the best, most enlightening shows in the history of television. I even watched, without falling asleep, the episode about paint.