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darthrupert on Dec 9, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The pro-Israel information war

Hiroshima and Nagasaki weren't even the most destructive bombings. Firebombing of Tokyo in 1945 killed 100K people in a single night.

pxc on Dec 10, 2023 [–]

I appreciate this point. That's a really valuable reminder. I think I was so caught up in the horror of radiation poisoning that I overlooked it.

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