... and American Soldiers dying every day and it is unimaginable how many civilian causalities would have been involved also, resulting in one the biggest blood bath in American history. Thankfully, operation downfall never became a reality because of the use of the atomic bomb, the atomic ... bomb gave Japan the unthinkable opportunity to immediately surrender, without this who knows how much longer they would have been at war. The use of the atomic bomb not only saved many lives because Japan surrendered but it also saved lives by ... beneficial. But at the Potsdam Conference had mentione...

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... not always as extreme as Hitler claimed, and in some regions "German forces were hardly affected" ; the weather was "only one factor of many." The "remarkable revival of Soviet manpower" was more important to the defense of Moscow than the cold. Economy The Russian war effort was a "tremendous economic and organizational achievement." By the end of 1942 Germany occupied an area containing ... 40% of the Russian population, and the majority of its coal manufacturing. Despite this annual rifle production increased fourfold, this "vast improvement in firepower," was a boon to Russian morale...

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