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reminds me of how they always try to justify the nuking of japan cities that had hundreds of thousands of civillians (twice even)
Yup, the mental gymnastics they use to justify war crimes. No other country has nuked a civilian population. Theyβve nuked 2
Objectively they were used to prevent the Soviets from gaining influence, and forcing Japan into an unconditional surrender, instead of conditional. They didn't save anyone but US Imperialism.
And this part didn't even work -- the big Japanese demand was keeping the Emperor, and they were allowed to keep him.
Absolutely, it was only for symbolic reasons, not even for practical gain.
This is the lie weβre indoctrinated to believe, yes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Bombing_Survey
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