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Old 21st Feb 2013, 11:54
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Chugalug2
 
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I only gave a couple of examples - there were many more.
Examples of what, "savagery"?
So that's your defense? He was obliged?
Defence of what? I was stating a fact.
Japan capitulated because the Soviets declared war on them
Chicken and Egg? I believe that Japan surrendered because of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the implied threat from similar devices to its remaining cities, and especially to its military forces defending the homeland. There weren't any other similar devices? Now you tell me, ah but did you tell them?
the only realistic high damage weapon of that era was an atomic bomb, and Germans weren't even close of building one.
Agreed. I'm talking about spreading irradiated material scattered by a conventional bombs in those downtown areas. Little damage to property but the same wouldn't apply to the property occupants. The challenge wasn't the bomb but the means of delivery. The challenge was almost met when Germany surrendered.
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