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Did the Bomb Ultimately Save Lives?

By Max Gadney 
Originally published by World War II magazine. Published Online: December 01, 2010 
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    Thunder7 says:

    Yes it did save US airmen lives, but if you read some statistics from the Strategic Bombing Survey you'll find that the same destruction could of been achieved with a couple 750 plane raids. The loss of life would have been lower due to the warning the civilians would of had.



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