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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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[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

Not to mention the fact that it would have been primarily soviets doing the land invasion, and the US didn't want to get beaten to the punch twice in a row.

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