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		the_af on Feb 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: History's deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo dur... I honestly don't know. Maybe they would have stopped, maybe they would have steamrolled it. It's an alternative to nuking Japan, though, and that's my point.

xeromal on Feb 16, 2022 [–]

Oh for sure, I just don't think it's as certain as some people make it out to be. It was a calculated risk just like dropping the bombs.

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