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CobraGT posted...

Estimates for total direct and indirect Japanese fatalities from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki vary significantly, but range from approximately 135,000 to 140,000 deaths in Hiroshima by the end of 1945 and roughly 70,000 to 80,000 deaths in Nagasaki by the end of 1945. These figures include deaths from the immediate blast, burns, radiation sickness, and injuries that led to death in the subsequent months.

Moreover Truman's correspondance and journalists' notes on his speeches that were private have become somewhat accessible.

Let me guess you are going to say the A-bomb was not genocide because the US killed so many civilians with other weapons?

* First off Japan got rid of the emperor and US restored the emperor
* US invaded Japan after the A-bombs and declared what was left of the government war criminals (most definitely not steering the government /s LOL /s )
* https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/japan-occupation-during-wwii
* SIR do you know what occupation means?

The atomic bombings were war crimes. The atomic bombings were atrocities. The atomic bombings, especially Nagasaki, were unjustifiable.

However, they did not meet the bar to be considered genocide.