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minus-squareNoLifeGaming@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoJapan was definitely a monster that needed to be stopped. But to say that made it okay to drop two nukes instantly killing thousands of civilians is not okay in any case.
minus-squareCrampon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·6 months agoWell. The war took 20.000 lives daily. The bombs took about 140k if i recall right. If the war lasted 7 more days it would even out. The bombs ended it instantly. The Japanese doctrine was to fight to the very last man, woman and child. The Japanese are like everyone else. Only more. They had some powerful cultural settings to be able to do what they did.
Japan was definitely a monster that needed to be stopped. But to say that made it okay to drop two nukes instantly killing thousands of civilians is not okay in any case.
Well. The war took 20.000 lives daily. The bombs took about 140k if i recall right.
If the war lasted 7 more days it would even out. The bombs ended it instantly.
The Japanese doctrine was to fight to the very last man, woman and child.
The Japanese are like everyone else. Only more. They had some powerful cultural settings to be able to do what they did.