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Originally Posted by Nyororin
Was it necessary? Probably not. There were other ways to end the war...
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Well, I had several granduncles experienced the "homefront" of WWII in (Japanese-occupied) Korea as vegetable farmers hired by a small Japanese company. They used to say that WWII is a sham war and were very bitter about the two nuclear bombs over Japan.
Why? Those nuclear bombs had killed so many Koreans willing to make a living for their poor relatives living in Korea. During that time, a very significant chunk of Koreans in Japan worked in big cities easily targeted by
firebombings and, yes, the two nukes.
Yes, a bitter story. As a matter of fact, my aunt's uncle was killed during the firebombing in Osaka.