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What is also mentioned in the series is the millions that were still under Japanese occupation and enslavement throughout manchuria and indochina. We also saved perhaps millions of Japanese who would have died had we invaded and of course, our own troops. My Grandfather being one of them.
Revisionist like to rationalise many of the realities faced by Truman to paint a different reality but dropping those bombs was absolutely the correct thing to do. I just wish we had held Japan more liable for their war attrocities than we had.
I thought Burns did a great job...jd
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