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12-28-2010, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by termogard View Post
The key word - If



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."
And this is of course all speculation.


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