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Originally Posted by GoNative
But during WWII that was the norm. Carpet bombing of cities occurred in Europe too. You never hear that much about the terrible crimes of the British and US forces bombing the crap out of German cities and killing 100's of thousands of civilians do you?
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I know about bombings of Hamburg and Dresden. Some historians also consider carpet bombings of civilians as war crimes.
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Originally Posted by GoNative
Anyway point is why is the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki any more horrendous? Purely because so much destruction could be done from just one bomb instead of thousands?
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Much destruction and consequences such as radiation sickness. People are dying years after end of war.