'Oppenheimer' finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotions - eviltoast
    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Not as a quote but the picture painted is extremely clear. They knew the war was unwinnable. The high command knew it and the emperor knew it.

      I will say the idea that we weren’t saving a million lives by nuking them depends on hindsight. We had just gotten done with some of the most brutal fighting in the world’s history. We had no reason to suspect they would just lay down their arms.

    • SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Man, it would be a shame if you looked at page 107. You know you can just control f search PDF’s right?