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2. Many have said the attacks on those two cities was not necessary...

Sun Jun 22, 2025, 11:51 AM

Jun 22

to get a peace pact.

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Violence does not beget peace. [View all] kentuck Jun 22 OP

What about Hiroshima and Nagasaki? gab13by13 Jun 22 #1

But the preponderance of the evidence cuts the other way. n/t Igel Jun 22 #3

I think Truman was advised that Japan was near surrender... kentuck Jun 22 #4