Comments by "Jellybean" (@j377yb33n) on "She Was 300 Yards From the Atomic Bomb Center — and Survived | Obon | Op-Docs" video.

  1. It's hard to tell what was needed or necessary, even with hindsight, as firebombing in tokyo and osaka had already killed more civilians than the atomic bombs did. by that point the major industrial centers had been worn down, and by the reports of what was happening in the atolls and south east asia, sending troops onto any of the main islands might have ended up like a Vietnam village-by-village massacre. From the start of the meiji restoration and through past that time, the history of the region is fascinating as it is brutal
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