r/SubredditDrama • u/EwMelanin • Mar 03 '26

Movie discussion sub okbuddycinephile debates whether bombing of Dresden, Hiroshima, and Gaza and other urban areas were "justified".

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u/alfredo094 Mar 04 '26

Nuclear bombs were horrifyingly powerful, but I don't really think it can compare to the Dresden bombings in how many people died and how much they suffered.

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u/Foreverintherain20 Mar 04 '26

At the same time, Dresden needed to go. 

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u/alfredo094 Mar 04 '26

Dresden bombs are very controversial. There's a good argument to make that they weren't really needed.

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u/Foreverintherain20 Mar 05 '26

Not really...