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Re:Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years by brazzy on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @01:36PM (#6251978)
Well, what you can tell is wrong. The atomic bombs were horrific in their destructions and death toll, but not really any more than the conventional bombings. Even the Japanese didn't think much of Hiroshima based on that alone (they had gotten used to cities getting wiped out) and it took Nagasaki to make clear that this was really a game-changer.
Re:Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years by acjacobson on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @05:03PM (#6253302)
Here's an interesting article that stipulates Nagasaki really didn't add anything to the equation (and to your original point the Japanese were already used to this) - http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/05/29/the_bomb_di...