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It’s time to end the myth that the US needed to drop atomic bombs to end World War II (www.sacbee.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml to c/history@lemmy.ml

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Not a new revelation, but the article pulls from good sources and it's nice to see this myth repudiated in a mainstream outlet.

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[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes? What kind of stupid question is that

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[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Do you mean like from a moral perspective or from a self interest perspective? A surrender to the west and solely western occupation would not have been accepted by the soviets, with good reason.

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