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". . . to create a weapon of mass destruction that would soon kill and maim more than 200,000 people, ushering in the atomic age."

The use of the bomb ended the war in the Pacific early and saved untold lives, both military and civilian.

See https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima

parent jdkee 2 years ago

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