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[–] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

"...2 nuclear weapons and the promise of more"

Not to mention 67+ cities firebombed, countless others traditionally bombed.

They held on for a ridiculous amount of punishment

[–] tal@lemmy.today 6 points 8 months ago

Also the population was starving due to the submarine campaign and the aerial naval minelaying wiping out most shipping.

[–] photoncollector@mastodon.social 4 points 8 months ago

@TheMightyCanuck @Tar_alcaran
They were down to 1,000 calories a day by the end of the war, part of it from grasses.