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Originally Posted by GoNative
The Japanese would have bombed US cities if they had the capability. They bombed enough cities throughout Asia and slaughtered millions of civilians in their time there.
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Originally Posted by GoNative
You seem to believe that the dropping of the bombs were purely in retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbour. You do realise there was 4 years of intense and bloody fighting between the two events?
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More correctly - 4 years of intense and bloody fighting between armed forces, naval forces of Allies and Axis. I believe that the dropping of the bombs weren't purely in retaliation. It was a demonstration of American military power to Soviets as well as a field experiment.
Something like "how many civilians you can effectively kill and how many buildings you can effectively destroy on certain area." As for "legitimate targets" - Hiroshima and Nagasaki weren't mayor naval or air bases of japanese armed forces.