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"...2 nuclear weapons and the promise of more"
Not to mention 67+ cities firebombed, countless others traditionally bombed.
They held on for a ridiculous amount of punishment
Also the population was starving due to the submarine campaign and the aerial naval minelaying wiping out most shipping.
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They were down to 1,000 calories a day by the end of the war, part of it from grasses.