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joshcryer

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3. It was definitely a demonstration. No doubt.

Reply to Bonobo (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 04:13 AM

Jan 2013

The fire bombings had already practically leveled Tokyo, they were going to surrender. Though when, I don't think anyone has a magic 8 ball and can say, but it was probably a year or so. Maybe longer. In that time the fire bombing would've persisted. I think it's wrong to say that Japan was about to give up. I don't think there's any evidence to those ends.

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