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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)
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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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[–] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Dan Carlin has a great episode on the historical context behind the decision and how it was really the culmination of a series of - in my opinion - bad calls with regards to the acceptability of collateral damage in bombing by the US.