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Re:History's deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during Wor... by drran on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @04:03PM (#30365648)
Can you lay out your opinion and arguments?

«Nuclear bombing was used not to end the war and save lives, but for ... because ...»

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Re:History's deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during Wor... by myrmidon on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @05:42PM (#30366851)
Nuclear bombing was not necessary to win the war, nor to effect a surrender of Japan by the end of 1945 (without a costly ground invasion).

Of course this is clearer in retrospect.

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Re:History's deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during Wor... by drran on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @06:09PM (#30367123)
So, nuclear bombing was used to end the war and save lives, but these lives were unnecessary. :-/
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