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A comment on 'Phantom' A-bomb film 'Hiroshima,' with 88,000 extras, set for July 30. Parent comment

Re:'Phantom' A-bomb film 'Hiroshima,' with 88,000 extras, se... by judge2020 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:19PM (#36925322)
> Americans are often taught that the bombings resulted in less loss of life than a conventional land invasion of the home islands.

Or, at least, less loss of American life. If The United Kingdom had not consented to the bombs and they were shelved, what are the chances the U.S. would've lost e.g. 50,000 and Japan 150,000 before surrender?

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Re:'Phantom' A-bomb film 'Hiroshima,' with 88,000 extras, se... by networkchad on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:48PM (#36925606)
Do you really believe the consent of UK was a real gating decision? Lol. I chalk that one up purely to diplomatic nice-ness.
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Re:'Phantom' A-bomb film 'Hiroshima,' with 88,000 extras, se... by adastra22 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:32PM (#36926396)
The war department was planning for 500,000 American deaths and millions of Japanese.

The Purple Hearts ordered for the invasion of Japan are still being given out today.

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Re:'Phantom' A-bomb film 'Hiroshima,' with 88,000 extras, se... by Shawnj2 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @12:21PM (#36932839)
Imperial Japan was pretty much fanatically supportive of war. I’m not saying the bombings were justified but the war would have been a lot longer without it and would have almost certainly been a lot deadlier on both sides.
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