• deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    And waited until it was already clear that the Nazis we going to lose before entering the European theatre.

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      And dropped two nukes just to flex its powers. Mind you those nukes were dropped at the end when it was only about time for Japan to capitulate. Killing directly and indirectly hundreds of thousands of innocents.

      Don’t forget the fire bombs over Tokyo, a city of mostly paper and bamboo houses, causing an exodus for innocent people.

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        1 year ago

        Your source talks about events prior to 1939. Poland and France had not been attacked yet. Most people didn’t know what Nazi Germany’s plans were.