No, I do not know that. Google Doolittle Tokyo raid for a little history lesson. Japan was bombed extensively in WWII; In fact, one of the major reasons that Hiroshima was chosen for the first A-bomb was that it was one of the few major Japanese cities that had not suffered major damage from Allied raids.
India was an exception they were up against a power that had been through the enlightenment. By and large, not returning violence with violence is a poor choice.
No, I don't. Only if their military installations were next to civilian homes. Actually, in WWII no one on either side cared how many civilians from the other side was killed. There was no rational reason to use civilians as human shields.
Have you ever heard the saying "The only good Injun is a dead Injun" ... that is the nature of war.
The Israelis cannot use their children as shields. Hezbollah can. That tells me who to root for.