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Originally Posted by Coppertop
Never forget that Hiroshima, Nagasaki and all the other potential nuclear targets were spared from conventional attacks (while the rest of Japan was being firebombed to hell and back) to further increase the damage and terror caused by these weapons.
It is a fallacy to believe that nuking 100k Japanese civilians or losing 500k American lives were the only two options.
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Of course there were other options. Nuking was the best option. Firebombing was expected and would have accomplished little and destroyed just as much as it had in Tokyo.
This was in fact a psychological slap in the face. We just made your city go 'poof' in a way you don't understand, surrender or have no hope.