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To: RightWhale
A relative flew over Hiroshima the next day and was amazed that one bomb could do that. It used to take several planeloads of bombs before that.

I think it have taken about 2000 B-29 bombers to deliver the equivalent explosive power using conventional bombs.

62 posted on 08/06/2007 5:35:44 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: Doe Eyes

Incendiaries were very effective.


77 posted on 08/07/2007 7:33:13 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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