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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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[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Geopolitically it was beneficial for the US to end the war without the Soviets getting involved, because then we'd have had two Iron Curtains