Re:Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (and Testimonials)
by Yiin on Saturday May 27, 2023 @11:50PM
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The reasoning was to pick biggest cities that were not completely destroyed yet (as Tokyo and others were in pretty bad shape by that time). Military bases are small targets compared to a city, and I assume they wanted to make a statement.
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Re:Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (and Testimonials)
by trogdor on Sunday May 28, 2023 @09:32PM
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The United States wanted to drop the bomb on a relatively undisturbed city so they could better-evaluate its effects. If you drop a bomb of never-before-seen power on a city that is already rubble, it’s much harder to determine how much damage it caused.