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[–] gbuttersnaps 3 points 1 year ago

The fire bombing of Tokyo killed more people than either of the atomic bombs. I don't pretend to know the right decision about the Bombs, but I know the casualty estimates for Operation Downfall included 400,000 US deaths and 5,000,000 Japanese deaths. I think I would have been hard-pressed not to make the same decision, whether it was right or wrong.