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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I always find it fascinating that people even ignore the simple fact that American soldiers were more than capable of war crimes themselves.

Disregarding their conquered nations, disregarding the millions of soldiers that would die, far, far more civilians would have died in the invasion under equally horrible conditions.

Starvation, gangrape, summary execution, dying trapped in rubble from an artillery strike, deaths due to extreme shortages of all kinds, all these horrors and more awaited the Japanese citizenry if the Allies invaded. It is just incontrovertible fact that the bombs lessened human suffering by an incomprehensible degree.