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Originally Posted by Icon
that is to say, the Tsunami was the most devasting event to cause such a loss of life since the Atomic bomb? Not including 'ethnic cleansing' like in Rwanda or Germany....
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For some reason everyone seems to think that the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan caused a huge loss of life during WWII. While the loss of life was huge, more lives were lost when the US firebombed cities in both Japan and Germany.