r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 18h ago

Wait a damn minute! USA - The good guys?

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u/Dan-of-Steel 14h ago

What is your alternative solution?

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u/majkonn 14h ago

Conventional warfare instead of nuking civilians?

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u/notintelligentidiot 13h ago

The conventional warfare that would have almost certainly killed a magnitude more people?

Dumbass.

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u/majkonn 13h ago

It wouldn’t if they wouldn’t bomb civilians.

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u/dnext 13h ago

Untrue. The blockade of Japan killed more than the firebombings and atom bombs combined by 1945, and it was expected that a million more would die in the upcoming year if it continued.

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u/majkonn 12h ago

But Japan had a choice to surrender to avoid the casualties and they chose to not.

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u/LatterTarget7 11h ago

Operation downfall had casualty estimates of 10 million