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Sympthsical

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20. There's a really good BBC documentary/dramatization about it
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 10:02 AM
Aug 2021

It used to be on Netflix, which is where I saw it. Now it seems it's only available from Amazon.

Pretty gripping version of events of what happened before, during, and after in the city.

remember- when the going gets tough against an enemy Blues Heron Aug 2021 #1
"Smart" weapons were in their infancy in 1945, less than 0.00001% of munitions. Dial H For Hero Aug 2021 #17
Don't start nuthin, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2021 #18
Horrible, but HAB911 Aug 2021 #2
easy to say but you don't know that. Blues Heron Aug 2021 #3
easy to say because HAB911 Aug 2021 #4
+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2021 #8
I do know that, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2021 #7
Marines and SeaBees doin' the work HAB911 Aug 2021 #10
Uh Rah, and of course MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2021 #12
I agree Johnny2X2X Aug 2021 #5
My dad was on a PT boat base in New Guinea HAB911 Aug 2021 #6
My grandfather fought in Europe Johnny2X2X Aug 2021 #11
Absolutely not needed. marie999 Aug 2021 #28
Likely the same for my Dad, and thus my three siblings. 11 Bravo Aug 2021 #33
.... MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2021 #9
Every year around this time... Archae Aug 2021 #13
And this is exactly what invading US troops would have faced, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2021 #15
Like in the Battle of Okinawa. betsuni Aug 2021 #34
The third bomb would have been dropped on 19 August 1945. roamer65 Aug 2021 #14
Indeed GregariousGroundhog Aug 2021 #25
THE END RESULT HAB911 Aug 2021 #16
Did they mark the 76th anniversary of the rape of Manila? hardluck Aug 2021 #19
There's a really good BBC documentary/dramatization about it Sympthsical Aug 2021 #20
Is it already that time of the year sarisataka Aug 2021 #21
One of my "favorites": Don't drop the bombs, just continue the blockade. Dial H For Hero Aug 2021 #22
Yes, that is one sarisataka Aug 2021 #23
Nailed It! ProfessorGAC Aug 2021 #35
I celebrate it. nt LexVegas Aug 2021 #24
Once the Soviets started island hopping in the Kurils, it was only a matter of time till surrender. roamer65 Aug 2021 #26
Agree, they were afraid of the Russians not our bombing of their cities. marie999 Aug 2021 #29
Just over a week after I was born. MineralMan Aug 2021 #27
Ironically the firebombing of Tokyo did more damage and killed more people. mitch96 Aug 2021 #30
The Japanese of the 1940s were nothing like the Japanese of today Leith Aug 2021 #31
Known in the United States as "Our shit don't stink" day gratuitous Aug 2021 #32
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