I think the U.S. gov't had no idea what it was unleashing upon Hiroshima. It new it had a destructive weapon, that could be deployed by one aircraft, and that could destroy an entire city, but not that it would be so incredibly dangerous. They made the correct choice based upon the circumstances, and in the end saved millions of American and Japanese lives.
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I think the U.S. gov't had no idea what it was unleashing upon Hiroshima. It new it had a destructive weapon, that could be deployed by one aircraft, and that could destroy an entire city, but not that it would be so incredibly dangerous. They made the correct choice based upon the circumstances, and in the end saved millions of American and Japanese lives.
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