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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Thats and interesting point, but it does make me think, why drop the nukes when they can just bomb the manufacturing hubs without incurring as much civilian death

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    why drop the nukes when they can just bomb the manufacturing hubs without incurring as much civilian death

    That's just it, they had been, for quite a while, but the Japanese would not capitulate.

    So just bombing military targets with regular ordinance wasn't enough. The type of bombing was a signal and a message in and of itself.

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