alt Hacker NewsHorrific, yes. However, estimates for the total number of people killed by Imperial Japan during World War II (primarily 1937–1945) range from roughly 20 to 30 million or higher across the Asia-Pacific theater, and they refused unconditional surrender until 2 atomic bombs stopped them killing who knows how many more.
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TacticalCoder • yesterday at 9:55 PM
It also prevented Russia, after having annihilated the nazis (from the east), from spanking Japan's ass and conquering Japan.
The US killed two birds with two nukes: they prevented Japan from continuing their rampage and they prevented Russia from taking Japan.
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And most importantly, they still controlled vast swathes of territory and thousands were dying every day under the brutal occupation. Bringing that to an end quickly was very important.