How is atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki fundamentally different from other strategic bombing of urban targets? Neither were the most deadly nor the most destructive strategic bombing mission to be carried out during the war. Compared to the atomic bombing, many of those other conventional strategic bombings were carried out more as a matter of following a established policy than because they were individually clearly justifiable as conducive to reducing overall casualty or achieving commensurate military or political advantage.
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