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RE: A Thousand Paper Cranes - the Insanity of War and My Trip to Hiroshima (with my personal travel photos)
Before the nukes were dropped, other cities were being heavily fire-bombed. Nagasaki was the home of Japanese catholicism.
The locals believed they were being spared because they shared a faith with the Americans. They were actually being "spared" to provide a pristine environment to assess the damage of the nuke.
I didn't know that. Very sad.