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J Peasemould Gruntfuttock
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you dont even have the first clue of which territory you're begining to walk into with that comment...
actually that is a factual statement
the american military believed that having taken all the islands from the japanese "death before surrender" having to actually take mainland japan would cost hundreds of thousands of american dead. so plan B was easier.
the fact that since then the numbers have been criticised doesnt change it at all, it was the best info available at the time.
"innocent" might have been a bit subjective, but they were on our side, we won, so we get to write the history.. its how it goes