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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IvaPan, post: 9538655, member: 78949&quot;]Oh, Any, I absolutely understand you, and this truth should be announced, no doubt, and you are very right to do it, here or elsewhere. I myself don&#039;t &quot;rank&quot; where the war was (is) more devastating, it is always and everywhere devastating! In this case, such understatements are due to lack of information, IMO, so it should be spoken about, no doubt. But indeed, attention to war atrocities depends on where one lives and what personal experience he/she has. And also to what propaganda one was (is) exposed - I can certify that during the Cold War in BG nothing about Japanese atrocities in WWII was said (and almost nothing about WWII in Asia in general), taught or publicly announced because the case of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was used by the Soviet (aka BG) propaganda to denounce USA as imperialistic aggressors and blood-thirsty monsters. I have studied at school that there was absolutely no need to bomb Japan with nuclear bombs, the war was almost over and Japan would have surrendered anyway, and this bombing was just to show off how mighty USA were and scare USSR, which was in line with the Cold War narrative between the two former allies. Actually around this time (Japan bombing) the Cold War started.&nbsp; This propaganda claim&nbsp; would have been nonsense if Japanese deeds were revealed, so they simply weren&#039;t. I read about these events much later, after 1990. And have little knowledge even now. </p><p>I guess there are other examples, too, so it is important to exchange and speak about historical events, everyone from their position and knowledge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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