Atomic Salvation: Did the Atom Bombs Save 500,000 to 32 Million Lives?

by Bunker | Posted on December 7, 2024

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The US went to war 83 years ago today with Japan‘s attack on Pearl Harbor. It ended with Japan‘s surrender after US bombers dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The myth lives on to this day that the bombs ended the war prematurely, saving millions of lives.

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