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Originally Posted by theonlywhiteout
I think it's a bit much to suggest the dropping of the 2 atomic bombs were the best options, in so far suggesting it saved millions of lives.
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I have heard people of Japanese decent suggest this. Both on television in in my personal life.
In the last 18 months the country KNEW it was losing the war but refused to surrender or tell it's citizens. The whole 'honor' in battle thing had the country wound up in a very weird way.
It's not a nice thing to think about (the bombs), but there were worse possible outcomes. For both sides.