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Re:Hiroshima (1946) by strken on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @04:44AM (#44795716)
You're assuming a linear relationship between civilian casualties and Japanese military leadership's willingness to surrender. Why would e.g. dropping the first bomb on a less-populated shipyard and the second on a city centre have been less effective?
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Re:Hiroshima (1946) by snickerbockers on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @08:24PM (#44806217)
That was Hiroshima. Although there was a high number of civilian casualties it was actually chosen on the basis of its importance to the Japanese imperial army, both as a base and an industrialized city.

>Hiroshima was a supply and logistics base for the Japanese military.[117] The city was a communications center, a key port for shipping, and an assembly area for troops.[78] It supported a large war industry, manufacturing parts for planes and boats, for bombs, rifles, and handguns.[118]

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima...

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