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Re:Hiroshima (1946) by timuckun on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @01:25AM (#44794582)
The problem is that the Americans saw no difference between soldiers committing atrocities and old people and children living in a city (fight aged men were out fighting).

They were targeting old people and children because it was easier to kill them than the soldiers.

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Re:Hiroshima (1946) by wiseowise on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @04:15AM (#44795540)
Sorry they didn’t invent HIMARS and satellite precision strikes yet.
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Re:Hiroshima (1946) by ForOldHack on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @03:15AM (#44795163)
The please explain why Kyoto was taken off the lists of targets?
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Re:Hiroshima (1946) by okasaki on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @04:36AM (#44795671)
Because the secretary of war spent his honeymoon there and didn't want to tarnish his memory.
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