Internet references conflating the two films drew anger in Japan, which was twice attacked by nuclear weapons during the second world war

  • apemint@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yes, the article mentions the manufacturing bottleneck.

    It’s insane that after seeing the effects of the first 2 bombs, military leaders still lobbied for more to be dropped.

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      11 months ago

      The nuclear bombs were hardly more cruel than any other part of WW2. Nukes killed a comparatively low number of people. Per unit, nukes are scary, but it was just a drop in the bucket.