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Japanese schoolgirls training with a machinegun for the anticipated American invasion of Japan, WW2, 1945 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] Bipta@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I feel that reaching your conclusion on that basis would have been all but impossible without the benefits of hindsight.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Also, long-term effects were not known then

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I meant in reference to the post-war attempts at nuclear restraint, not Hiroshima and Nagasaki.