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etchalonyesterday at 6:18 AM1 replyview on HN

Literally the justification for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.


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alex43578yesterday at 9:57 AM

Do you think a continuation of the firebombing campaign and an invasion of the Japanese home islands would have resulted in fewer deaths of civilians (particularly of the 'volunteer fighting corps')?

That's to say nothing of the deaths in a potential US/USSR conflict that goes hot without the Damocles Sword of MAD...

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