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by rurban 83 days ago
> Japan did not surrender after the Tokyo raid in March 1945 which killed more people than the individual bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Wrong. Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed way more people than the Tokyo firebombing 250.000 and 110.000 vs 80.000), and needed only a single bomb on a single plane, compared to the massive efforts to destroy Tokyo.
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dh2022 82 days ago
Oh really? <s> I will believe you after you convince Wikipedia to fix the page i linked in my previous post </s>.

Snark aside, your total may be including victims of radiation that died months and years later. If so, these victims were not incorporated in the decision made by the Emperor 2 days later - because these deaths did not happen yet and were not foretold/expected. (And you should also adjust your posting).

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rurban 82 days ago
I've rechecked, you were right.

Radiation deaths after the bombing were neglectable though. 3000 more cancer deaths, leukemia.

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