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View over the Japanese city of Hiroshima after an atomic bomb was dropped on the city (1945)
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Innerworld lemmy.world Innerworld@lemmy.world
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The Hiroshima bombing was one of two atomic attacks on Japan which effectively ended the Second World War and killed about 140,000 to 220,000 inhabitants in the short term.

Author: U.S. Navy Public Affairs Resources Website

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Waterpumpee lemmus.org Waterpumpee@lemmus.org
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How wasn't this a war crime?

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deadbeef79000 lemmy.nz deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-17
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How wasn't this a war crime?

It was. But it's OK if the winners do it, apparently.

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altphoto lemmy.today altphoto@lemmy.today
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How did those buildings survive! And what was the temperature inside the buildings?

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KiwiTB lemmy.world KiwiTB@lemmy.world
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How did those buildings survive! And what was the temperature inside the buildings?

Earthquake regulations.

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ikt aussie.zone Eyekaytee@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-06-17
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How wasn't this a war crime?

It’s a bit like you going to Adghanistan, saying you don’t like Islam and getting beheaded and your body dumped in a river, then saying: this is a human rights violation!

World is a different place when you look up from your books

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Sailor Anarres lemmy.dbzer0.com theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Massive unnecessary brutality.

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crimson_iris piefed.social crimson_iris@piefed.social
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It was. But it's OK if the winners do it, apparently.
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CommanderCloon lemmy.ml CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml
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Also it's just a flat out lie. They had negociated with the USSR for a ground invasion, which was ready and about to launch.

They only dropped the nukes to try and shock the Japanese and get a surrender without Japan falling to communism.

Which didn't work by the way, the japanese weren't really shocked by the bombings, they had gone through years of civilians getting absolutely massacred by conventional bombings. They surrendered because they had exhausted all their resources, which the nukes had little to do with.

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