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> several tactical and strategic reasons for choosing Japan over Germany (such as superior German air support, the perceived greater likelihood of Germany's imm
by kcorbitt 8y ago
> several tactical and strategic reasons for choosing Japan over Germany (such as superior German air support, the perceived greater likelihood of Germany's imminent surrender versus Japan, and fears that Germany might better be able to reverse engineer a dud than the Japanese.)
...well, there was also the fact that Germany had already surrendered by the time the first atom bomb was built.
- krapp 8y ago>...well, there was also the fact that Germany had already surrendered by the time the first atom bomb was built. That did probably make the calculus a lot simpler.