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Atomic bombing of Japan was not necessary to end WWII. U.S. gov’t documents admit it

Originally published: Geopolitical Economy Report on August 7, 2023 (more by Geopolitical Economy Report) |

U.S. government documents admit the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not necessary to end WWII. Japan was on the verge of surrendering. The nuclear attack was the first strike in Washington’s Cold War on the Soviet Union.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings were needless, said World War II’s top U.S. military leaders

Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on August 1, 2023 by Brian McGlinchey (more by Defend Democracy Press) | (Posted Aug 07, 2023)

Mythology about these mass civilian slaughters warps thinking about U.S. militarism.