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Re:History's deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during Wor... by gus_massa on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @11:53AM (#30362347)
Politicians tell bullshit all the time. If they say they will surrender in a week, it's very hard to convince the cannon folder to continue fighting while they negotiate some kind of amnesty for the top level generals.
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Re:History's deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during Wor... by mcguire on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @06:47PM (#30367499)
Those politicians were telling that to each other---the Supreme Council was deadlocked after Nagasaki and the Soviets had entered the war.
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