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ksynwa 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: There were BGP anomalies during the Venezuela blac...

It wasn't the a civilised option. Japan would have lost and surrendered with or without nukes. The USA nuked two cities just to demonstrate their nuclear capabilities to the Soviets.

CamperBob2 5 months ago [–]

One wonders if Stalin would have stuck to his agreement and turned back from Manchuria if we hadn't given them that little demo.

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