Question is in the Title, why is Theramore seen as a Warcrime?
Theramore was the Base for Alliance-Attacks into the southern Barrens, and supplied the Alliance in the War.
When the Attack came, all Civilians had been evacuated because Baine warned them.
I know that Garrosh wanted it to be a surprise attack, but it wasn’t.
Theramore (and Jaina) gave up on neutrality when they helped the Alliance with supplies and shelter.
From the things i can find out, Garrosh was mostly justified in attacking Theramore.
So why is the bombing of Theramore seen as a warcrime?
I am really curious about it, since i wasn’t playing from the Firelands-Patch to the End of Warlords.
ps. It’s excessive without a doubt.
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Theramore was a legiteamtly military target. Problem is, thanks to Baine going behind everyone’s back, it was too heavily guarded even by neutral factions, to get siege. Then came the WMD known as mana bomb empowered by the focusing iris. That’s the war crime. It killed everyone in mere seconds without chances of defending themselves.
But normally it isn’t a warcrime to kill a combatant, even if he can’t really defend himself.
Otherwise using mages and ranged troops would be a warcrime too.
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Hiroshima was a war crime too. Only reason America hadn’t had to stand trial was the lack of an acting world government to punish it properly. And yes there were civilians. Survivors were later used for target practice by Garrosh’s korkron.
After Garrosh stated that he sought to conquer all of Kalimdor. Sorry if Jaina wouldn’t let Garrosh simply have his way without opposing any resistance.
It’s a war crime because Garrosh erased every single lifeform in Theramore using a legendary chemical weapon and ensured that the area would no longer be inhabitable for many years.
They chose to stay in a city that would come under attack. In a way they gave up on being civilians (still messed up though… God i hate what Blizzard did to Garrosh)
No one gives up being a civilian even if they’re in a war zone.
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Bombing Hiroshima was also a crime, not a fair war. In WoW most commanders don’t want to kill helpless or civilians, it is a crime in war law. I always hate when blizz destroys something that i know from the start of the game. #cataclysm
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That’s why i said “in a way”. I ment they gave up the (propably against Garrosh useless) protection of this status by choosing to stay there when civilians where evacuated.
Again: Still messed up what garrosh and his troops did there…
ps. Why did the civilians stay at theramore? Just out of curiosity.
They never gave up hope, or else where they could run? swamps full of monstrosities, even dragons? 
or to barrens being prey for horde hunters?
They didn’t. Evacuation was still in progress and the bomb caught everyone unprepared. The survivors still on ships got caught and brought to orgrimmar. Rest is history. That’s the main reason why I slap everyone on the head that claims garrosh did nothing wrong. He and his followers deserved to die without a doubt. All his BS bragging about honor all the time was hypocrisy in its purest Form.
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Thanks for this Info.
Like i said, what Blizzard did to Garrosh was really cruel. He started not that bad, but became a really cruel Warchief with daddy-issues… He didn’t deserve this crappy story.
But he did many things wrong in the story he got… nearly all the things to be honest.
I started to like Garrosh after seeing that quest with Krom’ gar dismissed in Stonetalon Mountains, but he took Y’shaarj’s heart, and bombed Theramore, i’ve stopped to like him.
Blizzard: “that questline in stonetalon was a whoops doodle accident. Sorry folks!”
Garrosh was brutal, and terrfying in his methods from beginning. He said that Thrall made him like this… in cinematic.
Jeez, I have no idea, I always thought that killing civilians is something we should aspire to.
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Brutal? Yes, terrifying? yep.
But not really the War Criminal we got from mid-cataclysm until Warlords.
I’d have no problem with a Warchief who sees his people starving next to fertile unused land and makes the choice to conquer it.
But i have a problem with one who uses a secret police to silence reasonable opposition, alienates his Allies and kills civilians for fun.
Garrosh started as the first and ended as the second one. unfortunately.
Only if they are lesser races like murlocs or kobolds.
War Crimes state it was and everyone present near enough agrees it was. Thus it is a war crime.
I know, i read the book. But that’s the fact. Not the reason why it’s considered one.