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2024-11-02 08:04:45 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FB3FF6901108B0C76494E2C7A760CFA0DD98566A3648B24708BD37598F97F67C
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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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