Not a new revelation, but the article pulls from good sources and it’s nice to see this myth repudiated in a mainstream outlet.

  • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    Vaporizing 200,000 civilians over semantics

    JK it was to show the Soviets we had the bomb and were willing to use it

    Both completely deranged sentiments

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      The Western Allies slowed their approach into Germany because it was agreed between them and the Soviet Union on what the occupation zones should have been prior to the invasion.

      In a humanitarian gesture, should the Western Allies have accepted a German surrender in which Germany surrendered only on the condition that they would be occupied by the Americans?