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2024-11-03 17:31:07 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8DD6FE4FE79F754BC1E693EE430D8A004394C51BCA36E3837352DB1DBABF7345
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This post is misleading. The United States specifically excluded Hiroshima and Nagasaki from conventional bombing to be able to accurately measure the destruction caused by the atomic bombs. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/atomic-bomb-hiroshima#:~:text=Consequently%2C%20Truman%20approved%20the%20long,a%20number%20of%20war%20industries. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/why-were-atomic-bombs-dropped-on-hiroshima-and-nagasaki#:~:text=Stephen%20Walton:%20%22Hiroshima%20was%20selected,to%20bow%20to%20the%20inevitable.%22 https://www.atomicarchive.com/history/atomic-bombing/hiroshima/page-4.html#:~:text=Hiroshima%20was%20chosen%20as%20the,picture%20of%20the%20bomb's%20damage.
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