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Not only did the bomb end the war quicker, but it surprisingly resulted in less casualties. The atomic bomb is always known for killing a mass load of people and truckloads of destruction costs, but less people were killed due to it’s effects. Before the bomb was dropped the U.S. was firebombing Japanese cities and caused huge amounts of damage. The U.S. firebombed 65 cities and left some down to ashes while others took the attacks well. “One of these raids killed about 125,000 people, the other nearly 100,000. Of the 210 square miles of greater Tokyo, 85 square miles of the densest part were destroyed as completely for practical purposes, as were the centers of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” (Text 2 Page 4). The firebombing raids killed a ton of

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